Judge Accountability Table

“What I saw in the courtroom, and what many other people like me saw — we don’t see justice in courtrooms. We see politics being expressed in the courtroom,” Holbrook said. “The judge in my courtroom — as a juvenile facing the death sentence for being a lookout to a drug-related homicide that I didn’t see, or even have any idea that was going to happen — he was not pursuing justice. In my case, he was pursuing politics. … It was politics that had me sitting in that courtroom facing the death sentence at the age of 16.” - Saleem Holbrook, Executive Director at Abolitionist Law Center

How Progressives Are Knocking Out Local Judges Across the Country Progressive activists are challenging “tough on crime” judges in a place they have long avoided: the voting booth.

How Pittsburgh Activists Are Seizing a Rare Chance To Reshape Courts Grassroots groups are backing a slate of judge candidates in the May 18 primary. If elected, they could curb bail, high sentences, and other drivers of mass incarceration.

Day 2 of Judge the Judges Forum!!! Today's segment will be hosted by T-Bah from Free The Ballot Incarcerated Voter Family Network and will feature a performance from poet, organizer, and scholar Nic López Rodriguez! You don't want to miss it!

Be sure to use the same zoom link from last night. You can also watch the livestream here on the JAT fb page. See you all at 6PM!

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