Month: August 2015

Ending Mass Incarceration? The Shortcomings of Left-Right Coalition Politics

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ALC legal director Bret Grote was recently interviewed for The Real News Network on the Republican-Democratic bipartisan criminal justice re-branding and cooptation initiative. Tough on crime mass incarceration has generated too much discontent, so now they are calling it “smart Continue reading Ending Mass Incarceration? The Shortcomings of Left-Right Coalition Politics→

MEDIA RELEASE: Mumia Abu-Jamal files suit over prison’s refusal to provide necessary medical care

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August 3, 2015: Attorneys for political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal filed an amended lawsuit today in the Middle District of Pennsylvania federal court to challenge prison medical staff’s denial of necessary medical treatment – denial that nearly killed Abu-Jamal earlier this year. Continue reading MEDIA RELEASE: Mumia Abu-Jamal files suit over prison’s refusal to provide necessary medical care→