ACS Georgia and Athens: Rap on Trial: Criminalizing Black Culture
ACS Georgia and Athens: Rap on Trial: Criminalizing Black Culture Over the last three decades, as rap became increasingly popular, prosecutors saw an opportunity: they could present the sometimes violent, crime-laden lyrics of amateur rappers as confessions to crimes, threats of violence, evidence of gang affiliation, or revelations of criminal motive—and judges and juries would go along with it. Now, an alarming number of aspiring rappers are imprisoned. No other form of creative expression is treated this way in the courts. Join the ACS Athens and Georgia Lawyer Chapters, the University o...
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