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November 15, 2024
39 Prosecutors and Justice Leaders File Amicus Brief Opposing Criminalization of Charitable Bail Work in Georgia
Today, 39 prosecutors and justice leaders filed an amicus brief in Barred Business v. Kemp, opposing Georgia’s Senate Bill 63 (S.B. 63), a law that imposes arbitrary restrictions on bail payments and criminalizes charitable bail efforts. This case, now before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, challenges the constitutionality of the law, which threatens pretrial justice and public safety.
“S.B. 63 is a direct assault on the critical work of charitable organizations that post bail for those who cannot afford it,” said Amy Fettig, acting Co-Executive Director of Fair and Just Prosecution. “This unconstitutional law exacerbates wealth-based detention and will lead to unnecessary pretrial incarceration of people who pose no public safety risk, with devastating consequences for individuals and communities.”
November 13, 2024
FJP Applauds Defeat of U.S. House Bill Aimed at Dismantling Civil Society
Fair and Just Prosecution Acting Co-Executive Director Amy Fettig issued the following statement in response to the House of Representatives blocking the passage of H.R. 9495, which would have given the Secretary of Treasury sweeping powers to investigate and potentially dismantle tax-exempt organizations, including media outlets, universities, and community groups, by removing their tax-exempt status based on an unverified claim of misconduct.
October 25, 2024
Fair and Just Prosecution, Prosecutors Alliance of CA, and Eight Former California Prosecutors Urge CA Appeals Court to Dismiss Baseless Case Against Diana Teran
Today, Fair and Just Prosecution (FJP) and the Prosecutors Alliance of California, along with a coalition of eight former District Attorneys, U.S. Attorneys, and Assistant U.S. Attorneys in California, urged a California appeals court to dismiss the case against Diana Teran, who has been charged with sharing confidential police misconduct records that are in fact publicly accessible documents. In an amicus brief filed in the California Second District Court of Appeal, the signatories argue that the case brought by the California Attorney General is “astonishingly weak” and that Ms. Teran was simply fulfilling her legal obligations as a prosecutor to maintain a Brady database of law enforcement misconduct.
October 17, 2024
New Report: Big Oil, Fossil Fuel CEOs, Could Face Prosecution for Reckless Endangerment
Fair and Just Prosecution announced the publication of a new prosecution memo co-authored by consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen on the criminal legal liability major fossil fuel companies and their executives could face under New York State’s reckless endangerment law.
October 8, 2024
FJP Calls on TN Supreme Court to Restore Prosecutors’ Authority in Death Penalty Post-Conviction Cases
FJP’s Acting Co-Executive Director Amy Fettig issued a statement in response to the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals’ decision in Larry McKay v. State of Tennessee. In its decision, the Court of Criminal Appeals overturned a lower court ruling that the state legislature violated the state constitution by taking away local elected prosecutors’ well-established authority to handle post-conviction proceedings in death penalty cases, interfering with their discretion to correct wrongful convictions in these life-or-death cases.