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Tag Archives: criminalization
Is Gang Membership a Crime? How RICO Laws Turn Groups into Gangs
By Kerry Martin Associate Editor, Vol. 24 On June 18, 2018, in a courtroom at the Theodore Levin U.S. Courthouse in downtown Detroit, at the end of a long pretrial argument on a matter of evidence, defendant Corey Bailey stood … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged criminal justice system, criminalization, Detroit, gang violence, Michigan
“Criminalized pregnancy” hurts poor and minority women most, faces legal challenges
By Dana Ziegler Associate Editor, Vol. 21 In March 2015, Purvi Patel, an Asian-American woman from Indiana, became the first woman in the U.S. to be convicted and sentenced for feticide. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison for … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged abortion, criminalization, criminalized, disproportionate impact, drug use, feticide, health care, Indiana, Lawrence Marshall, NAPW, National Advocate for Pregnant Women, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, pregnancy, Purvi Patel, reproductive justice, reproductive rights, Stanford Law, Tennessee, undue burden, women
