jrabethomas.bsky.social
Now: Investigative reporter at Hearst CT Media.
Then: CT Mirror & WNPR.
Forever: education & housing reporter. Fan of long interviews, caffeine, tips, & struggling Cincinnati sports teams.
https://www.ctinsider.com/author/jacqueline-rabe-thomas/
49 posts
379 followers
224 following
Prolific Poster
Conversation Starter
comment in response to
post
You are too kind!
comment in response to
post
Teaser: housing has my heart
comment in response to
post
Story here:
www.ctinsider.com/projects/202...
comment in response to
post
All the rules someone must adhere to while they await trial, or if they take a plea deal that involves probation monitoring, are problematic.
"Under this system, it is defendants’ characters, not their crimes, that go on trial"
The #1 causes of incarceration in CT
comment in response to
post
It’s not clear just how widespread these problems are in the state’s criminal courts. The release of data that would shed some light on the somewhat secret world of prosecutor decision making and court operations has been blocked by the Lamont Administration.
www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
comment in response to
post
“There's just all kinds of ways in which the procedure is extremely expensive and every actor in the system is incentivized to try to (plead) out even if they didn't do it. … The pace hugely benefits the prosecution.” @acluct.bsky.social
comment in response to
post
Prosecutor standards require “prompt efforts to identify and disclose” evidence.
But records show "significant delays" because of outdated technology.
What’s left are prosecutors each day pushing into court wire carts on wheels with brown accordion folders piled up with hard-copy paper records
comment in response to
post
There's a glaring lack of clear rules around timelines.
Critical motions are not heard unless a case goes to trial
A trial began for just 130 convictions last year.
With no real threat of a trial looming, prosecutors and defense attorneys are essentially left playing a high-stakes game of poker
comment in response to
post
Email from prosecutor's office: We are ready to share our data
Attorney in governor's policy office forwards to her team: "Offline discussions only, please"
comment in response to
post
“In the criminal justice system, people get really nervous about outsiders looking at their data – not because of some confidentiality, but just because if we really could demonstrate, if you could add actual data to the anecdotes, it would not look good,” said Mike Lawlor, criminal justice expert
comment in response to
post
People of color in CT are far more likely to be incarcerated or entangled in the criminal justice system than white people.
But are Black and Latino residents being treated more harshly when they are arrested for the same offenses?
The Lamont Administration won't release the data.
comment in response to
post
And this www.mtl.org/en/experienc...
comment in response to
post
5 playgrounds, and then some, in one maps.app.goo.gl/DJgxKVJtWik2...
comment in response to
post
Bomb bagels ST-VIATEUR BAGEL - MILE END
+1 514-270-2972
g.co/kgs/y9eqJBn
comment in response to
post
Coolest park and next to a miles-long closed street you can walk
maps.app.goo.gl/Gw9dxYH2QrEP...
comment in response to
post
A member of the college system's governing reacts to gov's comment
comment in response to
post
Heart. Full.