People awaiting trial before a criminal court in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, were coerced into paying hundreds of dollars to a company before they were released from jail 鈥� even after they had paid their bail. The 蜜桃传媒 filed a federal lawsuit with the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of...
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The following statement in support of the introduced this week by U.S. Sens. Kamala Harris and Rand Paul, is by Sam Brooke, deputy legal director for the 蜜桃传媒:
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The following statement, about the failed effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), is by Sam Brooke, deputy legal director for the 蜜桃传媒:
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We鈥檙e deeply disappointed by the U.S. Senate鈥檚 heartless proposal to eviscerate Medicaid and roll back many of the protections made available under the Affordable Care Act. Millions of Americans would be stripped of their access to affordable health care.聽
Two New Orleans bail bond companies working with two other businesses charged clients hidden and illegal fees 鈥� even sending armed bounty hunters to kidnap clients and extort money from their friends and family. The Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit to stop the practice.
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Two New Orleans bail bond companies working with two other businesses charged clients hidden and illegal fees 鈥� even sending armed bounty hunters to kidnap clients and extort money from their friends and family, according to a lawsuit filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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Louisiana鈥檚 Bogalusa City Court has agreed to issue $50 refunds to settle part of a federal lawsuit that describes how the court and a city judge operated a modern-day debtors鈥� prison by illegally jailing indigent people too poor to pay fines and court costs, the Southern Poverty Law Center announced today.
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The 蜜桃传媒 and others are seeking to reform a wasteful money bail system that discriminates against the poor. But earlier efforts fell victim to tough-on-crime policies that emerged in the mid-1960s.
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The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on a bill that would stop the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau鈥檚 (CFPB) years-long effort to rein in predatory lenders who profit by trapping the poor in an endless cycle of debt.
The money bail system in Randolph County, Alabama, violated the constitutional rights of people charged with misdemeanors or felonies because it created a 鈥渢wo-tiered鈥� system of justice based on wealth. The Southern Poverty Law Center and its allies filed a federal class action lawsuit to end...
