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Janai Nelson: Proven Perils of Rolling the Dice on Trump
12/19/16By: Janai Nelson
Source: Huffington Post
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Free the Vote: LDF and The Sentencing Project Release New Report on Felony Disenfranchisement
12/19/16Read the PDF of our report here.
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Sherrilyn Ifill on Random House Big Ideas Night Panel with Ta-Nehisi Coates, Chris Hayes, and Rebecca Traister
12/19/16Source:YouTubeRandom House hosts “Big Ideas Night” panel with LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill, MSNBC host and author Chris Hayes, author and journalist Rebecca Traister, author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, and publisher and editor-in-chief Chris Jackson as moderator. They discussed the aftermath of the 2016 Presidential election, and what a Trump presidency could mean for America.
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LDF’s Kyle Barry: Nominee Sessions Differs from Senator Sessions
12/16/16Source:MediumA memo released yesterday by a number of organizations, including the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), revealed gaping holes in Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions’s response to his Senate Judiciary Questionnaire (SJQ) that preclude the Judiciary Committee from holding a thorough and complete hearing on his nomination.
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LDF Assistant Counsel Angel Harris in Huffington Post on Troubling Jury Trends
12/16/16Source:The Huffington PostAngel Harris, a staff attorney at the NAACP’s Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said these jury trends are troubling considering the significant racial disparities in the way Americans experience and interact with law enforcement. She’s concerned that minority groups are being systematically disenfranchised and removed from the judicial process.