COURT WATCH: Undocumented Man Claims Rejected Plea after ‘Bad Information’ from Previous Immigration Attorney – Felony Trial Now Confirmed
By Audrey Sawyer MODESTO, CA – At a trial readiness conference Wednesday in Stanislaus County Superior Court...... Read more.

Columnist MLK Day Notes: BLM Founder Mourns Death of Cousin at the Hands of the LAPD
By Alexis Rios-Jimenez LOS ANGELES, CA – A piece in the Los Angeles Times Monday – Martin...... Read more.

NY Governor Grants More Than a Dozen Clemencies
By Alexis Rios-Jimenez NEW YORK, NY – New York Gov. Kathy Hochul this past week announced 13...... Read more.

The Sentencing Project: Modest Criminal Justice Reform Gains Legislatively in 2022
By Alexis Rios-Jimenez WASHINGTON, DC – The “Top Trends in Criminal Justice Reform, 2022” report was released...... Read more.

Biden Signs Bipartisan Civil Rights Lynching Victim Cold Case Bill into Law
By Alexis Rios-Jimenez WASHINGTON, DC – President Biden has signed into law U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff’s bipartisan...... Read more.

Attorneys in Death Row Prisoner Appeal Demand Audiotapes from Controversial Evidentiary Hearing
By Alexis Rios-Jimenez AUSTIN, TX- The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has received a request from death...... Read more.

DHS Secretary Mayorkas Under Pressure as Hundreds of Religious Leaders and Organizations Assail Asylum Restrictions Instituted at COVID Start
By Paloma Sifuentes and Alexis Rios-Jimenez WASHINGTON, DC – The Interfaith Immigration Coalition this week sought to...... Read more.

Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board Denies Clemency in Fairchild Case – Execution by Lethal Injection Nov. 17
By Alexis Rios-Jimenez OKLAHOMA CITY, OK- Richard Fairchild, 62, on death row for the 1993 murder of...... Read more.

San Francisco Young Democrats Slam SF District Attorney Brooke Jenkins about ‘Anti-Youth’ Policies
By Alexis Rios-Jimenez SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco Young Democrats (SFYD) released a statement here...... Read more.