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Rights of Protesters

Protesters sue Chicago Police over ‘brutal, violent’ tactics

60 protesters came together to sue Superintendent Brown, the Chicago Police Department, and the City of Chicago seeking justice after being violently attacked by CPD—while protesting anti-Black police violence—at the historic protests this past summer.

The Telegraph

Parole

Judge orders revamp of Missouri’s ‘unconstitutional’ parole system

A federal court ordered the Missouri Department of Corrections to overhaul the state’s broken parole revocation process—ensuring counsel is appointed, parolees are informed and empowered, and hearings are prompt.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Voting Rights

Federal judge orders that USPS take steps to get Florida’s last-minute ballots delivered on time

Judge orders USPS to take “extraordinary measures” to get ballots delivered in time to be counted and to report any problems that arose in the last two days before the Election in the 10 largest Florida counties.

WMFE

Health and Safety

Missouri Corrections Department, Corizon to spend $50 million to treat inmates with hepatitis C

Court orders the Missouri Department of Corrections to provide treatment and education to the thousands of Missouri inmates with HepC. Previously, less than 1% of them received treatment.

News Tribune

Wrongful Convictions

Wrongful Conviction Project launched in St. Louis – Midwest Innocence Project partners with MacArthur Justice Center

Michael Politte was only 14 years old when he was wrongfully charged with murdering his own mother. We joined forces with the Midwest Innocence Project to fight to free Missouri’s innocent, like Mike, behind bars.

St. Louis American

Solitary Confinement

Philly man held in solitary confinement 33 years must be let off death row, court rules

Ernest Porter, MJC’s client, is finally free from one of the longest recorded solitary confinement stints. He endured 33 years in a 7-by-12-foot cell.

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