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Due Process

The injustice of deporting children without representation

Op-Ed (California)

The injustice of deporting children without representation

March 17, 2016 | Hector Villagra | Los Angeles Times (LA Times)
Deportation hearings in which children must defend themselves are not right, but they will continue.
Tags: Children & Juvenile | Deportation | Due Process | Immigration Process

Virginia Jails People for Even Smelling Like Alcohol

News Story (Virginia)

Virginia Jails People for Even Smelling Like Alcohol

March 16, 2016 | M.L. Nestel | Daily Beast
A class-action lawsuit accuses cops and prosecutors of locking up people as “habitual drunkards” after placing them on a secret blacklist that bans them from booze.
Tags: Criminal Justice | Due Process | Poverty

Using ‘delaying tactics’ is evicted tenants’ constitutional right

Letter to Editor (California)

Using ‘delaying tactics’ is evicted tenants’ constitutional right

March 4, 2016 | Ingrid Arriaga | Los Angeles Times (LA Times)
Responding to an op-ed, this letter points out that tenants have the right to defend themselves in court and hold landlords accountable to strict laws that were created to maintain a fair process.
Tags: Due Process | Housing: Eviction | Housing: Landlord-Tenant

St. Louis County police arrest blacks without warrants, lawsuit alleges

News Story (Missouri)

St. Louis County police arrest blacks without warrants, lawsuit alleges

February 25, 2016 | Jacob Kirn | St. Louis Business Journal
A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday in St. Louis says that St. Louis County police arrest residents without warrants, in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
Tags: Court Debt | Criminal Justice | Due Process | Fines and Fees

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