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Shaundell Newsome
on August 16, 2020
Shaundell Newsome states "We’ve been just as hard hit this time around. The pandemic has highlighted the disparities in access to capital through slow and often dysfunctional relief efforts to small, minority-owned firms."... Read full article
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Naiomi Pitre
on July 3, 2020
Jasmin Lilly-Spells has demonstrated her exemplary legal expertise while working as a practicing trial attorney, working in the trenches and handling all aspects of her cases. She has shown an even and fair judicial temperament.... Read full article
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Fikisha Miller, Esq.
on July 3, 2020
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Fikisha Miller, Esq.
on July 3, 2020
The Judicial branch of the government is responsible for interpreting the law. While that sounds like a relatively simple task the justice system relies on a multi-leveled court system. ... Read full article
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Naiomi Pitre
on July 3, 2020
As an attorney (Dedree Butler, Esq.) practicing in the Clark County Public Defender’s Office for the past decade, she is now running for Family Court Judge in Department J in the upcoming November elections.... Read full article
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Congressman Steven Horsford
on July 3, 2020
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act is the first-ever bold, comprehensive approach to hold police accountable, end racial profiling, change the culture of law enforcement, empower our communities, and build trust between law enforcement...... Read full article
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Christopher Peterson
on July 3, 2020
NLG members are legal workers, law students, and attorneys. It is important to remember that “legal workers” is a broad category, including legal secretaries, paralegals, investigators, social workers working in the legal field...... Read full article
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Naiomi Pitre
on July 3, 2020
Carli Kierny explains “It exists in the justice system as higher rates of arrest for black people, higher rates of conviction, and longer criminal histories than their white counterparts. I am committed to combating the effects of white privilege."... Read full article
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Leslie Ann Turner
on July 3, 2020
Leslie Ann Turner states "Mass Liberation is a group of community members who work together to dismantle mass incarceration--through various avenues--while centering Black Liberation."... Read full article
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Naiomi Pitre
on July 3, 2020
“I want people to remember that the power of the people will always be more than the people in power. Everyone’s vote is equal. No one vote or voter has more power than the next vote or voter,” Belinda emphasizes.... Read full article
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Naiomi Pitre
on May 1, 2020
After serving more than twenty years in prison, the hard work and diligence of the federal public defender’s office uncovered all of the evidence that was withheld by the prosecution and therefore violated Fred Steese’s right to a fair trial. ... Read full article