🗞 Bail Reform, Second Chance Month, and More! Check out the latest from the Wilson Center in our April Newsletter: mailchi.mp/law/april-2024

April marks Second Chance Month, a time to reflect on the power of redemption and the importance of extending opportunities for rehabilitation. This piece from two formerly incarcerated individuals speaks volumes about the impact of second chances. newsobserver.com/opinion/articl…

One out of every six people let out of North Carolina prisons last year were released to homelessness, according to data obtained by NC Newsline. The state hopes to cut that rate in half by 2030 — if the next governor shares those goals. #ncpol
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Since Governor Roy Cooper gave Anthony Willis a #SecondChance , I have been in awe watching Willis take full advantage of the opportunity he received. Now, he has joined with April Scales, to use their voices and ask Gov. Cooper to commute the sentences of others who are deserving.

This #SecondChanceMonth , April Barber Scales and Anthony Willis, who received clemency from Governor Roy Cooper in 2022, write about their experience and urge the governor to consider granting #SecondChances to others.

📷: April and Anthony on the day of their release.

Happening tomorrow! Join us and DukeSociology for a great panel with Tony Cheng, M. Sierra-Arévalo, and Michelle Phelps on three fabulous new books. They'll be talking policing, race, accountability, and justice! Join us in person for lunch or stream at duke.is/uncoveringinju…!

The FBI's use of investigative genetic genealogy (IGG) on DNA found at #Idaho4 crime scene to land on #BryanKohberger as the suspect is raising civil rights issues. Depending on facts of the process, it could form the basis for his defense. #deathpenalty idahostatesman.com/news/local/cri…

Looking forward to this! Happening next week! Law School 4042.

Quincy Marquies Amerson, client of the Wrongful Convictions Clinic, is free from prison law.duke.edu/news/quincy-ma…

Today at Duke Law: We’re celebrating 10 years of “Whiskey in the Courtroom!” Clinical Prof. Jamie Lau (Jamie Lau) & NC Indigent Defense Services’s Sarah Olson welcomed attendees to a discussion of evolving trends in forensic science with a focus on mental health evidence. ➡️law.duke.edu/ccjpr/symposiu…

Latest report from the Monitorship in the ODonnell v. Harris County consent decree led by our faculty director Brandon Garrett shows decline in misdemeanor arrests with no negative impact on safety. Learn more about the findings on our website! wcsj.law.duke.edu/news/seventh-h…

Several states have adopted laws & mechanisms to address a gap in national criminal laws: the absence of procedures to raise post-conviction claims of factual innocence.

Join our #GenevaHumanRightsPlatform for an event on the right to claim innocence.

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Happening tonight! We hope you can join us!

'The system says that things aren’t possible, but through organizing and collective action, we see they are possible.' — Jocelyn Simonson today in our Novel Justice event about her book, Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People are Dismantling Mass Incarceration.

Happening today! Come join us!

Thank you, Ben Finholt Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law for this important piece published in Elon Law Review about excessive sentences in NC. It presents crucial data helpful to all advocates, including those supporting the many youth & adults w/ disabilities in the justice system. NC Justice Center

Great Elon Law Review article by our friends at the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law on North Carolina's state constitution and how it provides more protections for its people against excessive sentences. So true in many states! PS Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law hiring a Research Director!
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RJA hearing expert: Race is a factor in North Carolina prosecutors’ decision to strike jurors. ncnewsline.com/2024/02/28/rja… NC Newsline Kel Lyons NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty Barbara O'Brien @barbobrien.bsky.social Catherine Grosso Cassandra Stubbs Henderson Hill ACLU #HassonBacote #deathpenalty

Great piece from Jocelyn Simonson! Learn more from her at our event TOMORROW at 12:30pm at Duke Law room 4047. More info here: law.duke.edu/events/novel-j…

Wilson Center(Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law) releases ShotSpotter evaluations as Durham considers bringing back gunfire detection system 🔗 bit.ly/4c3JsAy