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mkwasilczuk.bsky.social
University of SC Law Prof. Youth Defender Clinic Director. Youth justice, criminal law/proc., jails & prisons. https://www.incarcerationtransparency.org/southcarolina/.
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Curious about the pardon process? Or at least the way that the pardon process used to be before you-know-who took office? Join me on this week's episode of Just Justice with @rachelbarkow.bsky.social, who brilliantly unpacks the hows and whys of pardons. Links below in the comments.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

BEYOND A BAN🚨 Anti-abortion lawmakers are trying to criminalize abortion AND anyone who supports it! This alarming legislation reveals THEIR FEAR of our collective power and their DESPERATE attempt to take away our voice. Our plan? BE LOUDER THAN EVER! Amplify our ROAR: scwren.org/our-roar-social 🦁

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Note, this only applies to institutions in AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, MA, ME, MD, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OR, RI, VT, WA, and WI - because the injunction applies only "within Plaintiff States" Institutions in states with red governors/AGs - Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, etc. - remain screwed

submitted 12 days ago • 114 comments

for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care! EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession

submitted 13 days ago • 143 comments

In the 19th century, slave states banned foreign & domestic free Black sailors claiming they were "moral contagions" spreading dangerous ideas of freedom to the enslaved population. Same states also banned US mail from the N for same reason. My article abt the rationale. cc @paulgowder.bsky.social

submitted 22 days ago • 2 comments

Louisiana prosecutors have secured the indictment of a New York doctors who prescribes and mails medication abortion to Louisiana patients. It's a major test of New York's shield law, which prohibits state officials from enforcing these charges or any resulting conviction. apnews.com/article/abor...

submitted 22 days ago • 27 comments

Come be my colleague! The Ohio Public Defender has leadership positions open in our Death Penalty Dept. & Wrongful Conviction Project. Official information here: Supervising Attorney, DP: dasstateoh.taleo.net/careersectio... Wrongful Conviction Project head: dasstateoh.taleo.net/careersectio...

submitted 22 days ago • 2 comments

From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.

submitted 22 days ago • 166 comments

Great resource for reporters from @themarshallproject.org on reporting deaths in jails and prisons: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/01/31/d...

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

The expansion of Guantanamo Bay. Here’s what it’s going to involve, informed by what it’s been since 2002:

submitted 23 days ago • 25 comments

Just a perfect example of how one person can start something that grows and offers concrete support to people in need. Think about what YOU can offer and do it.

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Our pro bono project helping junior lawyers that have been displaced by Trump’s hiring freeze of federal attorneys has been a huge success so far. If you’re looking to hire a junior lawyer, ESPECIALLY A FIRST YEAR ASSOCIATE, please send me an email — [email protected]. No DMs, please.

submitted 25 days ago • 9 comments

Just had our data access rescinded for a projected using federal microdata to study and reduce disparate impact in housing markets.

submitted 30 days ago • 36 comments

Justice Department abruptly rescinds job offers to young lawyers in its elite honors program. w/ the indefatigable Perry Stein wapo.st/4hsthhT

submitted 30 days ago • 4 comments

@themarshallproject.org team putting out some great stories today. One is on the death penalty EO I mentioned yesterday: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/01/22/t...

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

US Justice Department freezes all cases in civil rights division www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Haven't seen much discussion of the death penalty EO. Interestingly, it implicates not only the usual death penalty law/policy concerns (lethal injection, evolving standards, etc.) but also the conditions of confinement that people in custody "deserve" based on their offenses.

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

DOJ finds Alvin S. Glenn (Columbia, SC's jail) violates the constitution: www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments