Miscarriages of Justice
The law is clear: Every person charged with a crime in America has the right to effective counsel, but for two, Wyandotte County men, this unequivocal right rang hollow.
December 10, 2020Publication Listings
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The Stone Catchers
Near the end of the book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, author and Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson encounters a woman he had often noticed sitting in the courtroom.
December 10, 2020
Set Up for Failure: The Impossible Probation System (Sedgwick County)
If Kansas were a country, its incarceration rate would be second only to that of the U.S.1 Kansas faces a significant overcrowding issue in its prisons. A notable contributing factor to the state’s high rate of incarceration is imprisonment due to technical violations of probation.
December 12, 2019
All Democracy is Local: The Impact of County Election Officials on Citizen Participation in Elections
The more that citizens participate in a democracy, the stronger that democracy becomes.
December 13, 20182018 Kansas Legislative Priorities
The ACLU of Kansas is a non-partisan organization dedicated to protecting and strengthening the civil liberties and civil rights guaranteed by the U.S.
December 14, 2017Choosing Incarceration
Diversion offers innumerable benefits to Kansas communities and families. And yet, county prosecutors are simply refusing to use it.
December 6, 2017