For Immediate Release: October 2, 2023 Press Contacts: Contact: Lucy Sears (240) 676-4499 | lsears@publicjustice.net Contact: Cheryl Bonacci (818) 339-6928 | cheryl@civilrightscorps.org Los Angeles, CA. — On Sunday, October 1, the Los Angeles Superior Court (LASC) took an important step towards limiting the criminalization of poverty by implementing the Pre-Arraignment Release Protocol (PARP) in Los…
For Immediate Release: May 16, 2023 Press Contacts: Cheryl Bonnachi, Civil Rights Corps | 818-339-6928 | cheryl@civilrightscorps.org Sara Rosenblit, Munger, Tolles and Olson, LLP | press@mto.com Lucy Sears, Public Justice | (240) 676-4499 | lsears@publicjustice.net Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lawrence Riff grants motion for preliminary injunction, halting enforcement of LA County’s cash bail schedule,…
For Immediate Release November 14, 2022 Contact: Lucy Sears (240) 676-4499 | lsears@publicjustice.net Contact: Cheryl Bonacci (818) 339-6928 | cheryl@civilrightscorps.org LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – On November 14, 2022, Public Justice’s Debtors’ Prison Project, in partnership with Civil Rights Corps, Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai LLP, Schonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman & Zeldes, LLP, and Munger,…
The Public Justice and American Association for Justice Presidents’ Party and Reception on Feb. 14, 2022, at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa in Palm Desert, California offered Public Justice Board members and members of AAJ’s Minority and LGBT Caucuses an opportunity to mingle and network. But with Public Justice Executive Director…
View PDF May 10, 2021 The Honorable Charles Schumer Majority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20004 The Honorable Mitch McConnell Minority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20004 Re: End qualified immunity to ensure meaningful accountability measures in the Senate version of the Justice in Policing Act of 2021. Dear Senate Majority Leader Schumer and Senate…
Public Justice urges Washington Supreme Court to strike down unconstitutional fine By John He, Debtors’ Prison Project Skadden Fellow Last week, Public Justice’s Debtors’ Prison Project filed a friend-of-the-court brief in City of Seattle v. Long, an important case pending before the Washington Supreme Court on behalf of a homeless man who was charged over…
The court held that the Montgomery Municipal Court “engaged in a systemic practice of jailing traffic offenders for failing to pay fines without inquiring into their ability to pay” and “deprived offenders of their due process and equal protection rights not to be incarcerated for their poverty”—and that there is sufficient evidence to hold both…
Public Justice joins a broad coalition of allies in calling on Congress to pass the Ending Qualified Immunity Act and restore accountability for police departments and officers across the country.