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VIDEO: How Public Defenders Can Help Advance Decarceration Policies

February 25, 2023
The criminal legal system is a labyrinth that is deliberately constructed to be confuse everyday people. When you are trapped within it you need a...
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Governor Shapiro Calls for the Abolition of the Death Penalty

February 17, 2023
Note: Subsequent to this press conference and blog post Rep. Chris Rabb introduced HB 999, a bill that would abolish the death penalty in Pennsylvania...
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New Podcast Episode: How Violence Intersects with the Drug Economy

February 7, 2023
US media and policymakers have long focused on the connection between violence and the drug economy. Since the 70s, the War On Drugs has shaped our...
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February 9th: Call Montco DA Steele and Ask Him to Support Geriatric Parole

January 25, 2023
Leaders in the criminal legal system have a duty to support humane policies that foreground rehabilitation. Over 8,200 people in Pennsylvania have...
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Alliance for a Just Philadelphia Launches 2023 People's Platform

January 17, 2023
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Amistad Law Project and 26 other people’s organizations in the Alliance for a Just Philadelphia came together to launch...