Amicus brief addressing the discriminatory use of preemptory challenges to strike the only or last remaining member of a cognizable racial group in jury trials resulting in the race-based discrimination that remains pervasive in the criminal legal system.
Amicus brief filed in support of review in the WA Supreme Court regarding allowing vacating and sealing of juvenile court records to reduce later negative consequences.
Discusses the harm in the criminal legal system caused by the “adultification bias” of Black youth versus white youth as well as harm done by prolonged incarceration in juvenile prison.
Paul Rivers, a Black man charged in a criminal case, was convicted at trial following the empaneling of a jury panel without any Black potential jurors.
People who were convicted of sex offenses as juveniles years ago, and who were determined to be the lowest risk category, sued to stop the release of records in response to a public records request.
