The Power of Sheriffs: Explained - The Appeal
WEBJan 4, 2019 · Similarly, sheriffs today sometimes use their power to excess, violating civil liberties. In Worth County, Georgia, in 2017, the sheriff subjected up 850 high school students at Worth County High School, nearly the entire student body, to invasive drug searches, including checking inside their underwear, according to court documents.
Felony Murder, Explained - The Appeal
WEBMar 4, 2021 · Felony Murder, Explained. The felony murder rule has a long and complicated history that is worth examining precisely because it’s not that simple. The sight of the United States Capitol shrouded in tear gas, besieged by rioters marauding toward a joint session of Congress, shocked the national conscience. Five people died at the riot, and in ...
False Confessions, Explained - The Appeal
WEBJun 7, 2021 · A false confession is a statement given by a person that incriminates them in a crime they did not commit. Scientists who study this phenomenon group false confessions into three general categories: (1) voluntary; (2) coerced-compliant, and (3) coerced-internalized. ( ( (There are, of course, myriad of cases where a confession was presented at ...
Americans Can Still Receive a Death Sentence for Being LGBTQ
WEBAug 13, 2024 · As extreme as Burdine’s case may be, it bears a resemblance to the homophobia that played a role in the 1993 death sentence—and eventual execution in 2019—of Charles Rhines, a gay man in South Dakota. When jurors deliberated over how to sentence Rhines for fatally stabbing Donnivan Schaeffer during a …
Deadly Prison Heat Is Increasingly an Everywhere Problem
WEBAug 29, 2024. This story was produced by The Appeal and co-published with Grist. On June 19, Michael Broadway struggled to breathe inside his cell at Stateville Correctional Center, a dilapidated Illinois state prison about 40 miles southwest of Chicago. Outside, temperatures hovered in the 90s, with a heat index —what the temperature feels ...
The Epidemic of Brady Violations: Explained
WEBApr 25, 2018. In 2003, Brooklyn prosecutors charged John Giuca with killing a 19-year-old college student to earn “street cred” with the Ghetto Mafia gang. A jailhouse informant’s testimony claiming that Giuca confessed to him in prison formed a critical piece of the government’s case. At trial, the government insisted that the ...
The Criminalization of Homelessness: Explained - The Appeal
WEBJun 29, 2018 · The most straightforward path to ending the criminalization of homelessness runs through state legislatures. State and local officials should refrain from passing new laws that target homeless individuals, and they should repeal existing laws that criminalize life-sustaining and necessary behaviors.
‘No Shower, Wearing Diapers, Laying There For So Long’ - The …
WEBDec 5, 2018 · She refused, was placed in restraints, charged with disobeying a direct order, and punished with a month in segregation. “They would leave me in restraints with a dirty diaper for like six to 12 hours,” Molly said. “No shower, …
How Eviction Courts Stack The Deck Against Tenants
WEBApr 13, 2021 · Stage Two: Serving Notice and Summons to Appear in Court. If the issue is not resolved by the specified time, then the landlord will file what’s called an “unlawful detainer action” against the tenant in eviction court, formally asking the court to force the tenant to leave the property. Before that happens, courts must provide tenants ...
Bail Reform: Explained - The Appeal
WEBJun 14, 2018 · Jessica Brand, Jessica Pishko. Jun 14, 2018. In San Francisco, 64-year-old Kenneth Humphrey spent a year in jail, held on a $350,000 bond he could not pay, after being accused of entering a man’s home and stealing $7 and a bottle of cologne. In setting Humphrey’s bail amount, the trial court made no inquiry into his ability to pay or any ...