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"Justice does not only equate with courts; justice can be pursued elsewhere outside courts."

  Tuesday July 13, 2020 / 8:00-9:00am ET   In countries throughout the world, drug war excesses violate rights, and in some cases challenge the rule of law itself. This session will discuss extrajudicial killings, fair trial issues, the death penalty, as well as the use of legal harassment against critics of governments. We will also discuss recent applications of international rule of law mechanisms including the ICC and Global Magnitsky Act. Among the event speakers are experts from The Phi...

Dear reformer, One never knows when something good is going to happen. Last night, with the signing of the budget and stimulus bill, the drug conviction question on the federal college aid form was finally done away with -- students will no longer lose financial aid because of drug convictions, at least not automatically or in many cases. Congress also restored Pell Grant eligibility to prisoners. Barney Frank led the fight in Congress for many years. He and nine other congresspersons spoke at ...