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  • New data tracking felony domestic violence cases in Winnebago County shows high conviction rates

    October 23, 2023 |

    Rock River Current |

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    Response Location: United States, Rockford, Illinois

    Prosecutors in Winnebago County, Illinois, are using evidence-based prosecution to increase the number of felony domestic violence cases that end in a conviction. This practice relies on physical evidence like phone and medical records instead of testimony from survivors.

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  • On Their Own: Border Humanitarians Respond to a Crisis Created by Governments

    September 05, 2023 |

    The Border Chronicle |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Sásabe, Sonora

    With a lack of government aid and interference, border communities are stepping up to care for both migrants and local residents through efforts like The Sidewalk School and Casa de la Esperanza — nonprofits that offer shelter, programming and resource centers for migrants and locals in need.

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  • The latest cash-bail reform plan: Give everyone a lawyer

    July 10, 2023 |

    NewsNation |

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    Response Location: United States, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

    In 2017, a Pennsylvania county court system began to expand its offerings of free legal support, and now in 2023 the county provides defendants with public defenders at all arraignments 9am to midnight. In the first two years of its more-limited services, a study proved defendants with lawyers were more likely to be released without cash bail. Also, chances that a defendant would be in jail three days after their hearing dropped. Research also showed, however, increases in some costs and one type of crime.

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  • Blowing the air of justice on alleged witches

    July 06, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Cross River

    The Advocacy for Alleged Witches is working to make all of Nigerian society witch-hunting-free. Advocates in the organization report incidents of witchcraft branding and arrange to help the accused individual by moving them away from the danger, providing medical services, and working with lawyers, police, and government agencies to take legal action against the issue.

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  • Safe Spaces for Traumatized Children

    June 09, 2023 |

    Transitions Online |

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    Response Location: Romania

    The Association for Victims of Sexual Crimes is creating child-friendly interview spaces at legal institutions in Romania so that young survivors of sexual assault can be interviewed in a more comfortable setting and avoid further trauma.

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  • Could access to child care be the key to helping parents clear arrest warrants?

    June 08, 2023 |

    The 19th |

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    Response Location: United States, Pontiac, Michigan

    Lawyers, clerks, and judges are voluntarily hosting warrant clinics around the United States to help people address active warrants for their arrest — typically small traffic violations and misdemeanors. The clinics offer childcare, too, which is a common barrier for parents looking to address warrants.

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  • Feeling sick? The lawyer will see you now.

    May 25, 2023 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    The Child Health-Law Partnership (Child HeLP) is a collaboration between health and legal professionals to treat a patient’s “health-harming legal needs” together. The original medical-legal partnership began 30 years ago in Boston, but has since expanded to other cities to look at all aspects of a patient's health. To administer the best care, patients are asked questions about housing quality and stability, delays or denials of public benefits, unmet educational needs and mental health.

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  • Protecting children and healing families, one Native auntie at a time

    May 24, 2023 |

    The Imprint |

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    Response Location: Luiseño, United States, San Diego, California

    My Two Aunties assists Indigenous families to help keep children out of foster care. The group provides parenting support and education, seeks to build relationships between families and their culture and also works to repair intergenerational trauma that can lead to creating an unsafe environment for children. In 2022, the program served 97 families and held 411 parenting classes and interest in the program is continuously growing.

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  • 'We're a community': These groups are working to bail out incarcerated women in time for Mother's Day

    May 12, 2023 |

    The 19th |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    As a part of the National Bail Out effort in the United States, the Free Black Mamas DMV campaign bails incarcerated women out of jails in the Washington D.C. area in time for Mother’s Day.

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  • Headfort Foundation Provides Free Legal Aid

    May 04, 2023 |

    KAFTAN TV |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The Headfort Foundation provides free legal services to people who are unlawfully incarcerated in Nigeria. They reach those in need of help through phone calls, submissions on their mobile app, and visiting courthouses.

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