It’s with a mixture of sadness and joy that we say farewell to our staff attorney, Sara Jackson, who will be moving to Washington, D.C., with her partner, Danielken Molina. A few weeks ago, Sara came into my office to let me know that she and her fiancé, Danielken, were moving to D.C., where he [...]
UPDATE SEPT. 29, 5 p.m. PT: It is with great joy that I announce that your actions have once again had a huge impact; the scheduled execution of Albert Brown in California has been halted. Legal experts had predicted for weeks that the execution would not occur due to the many remaining legal challenges and [...]
UPDATE MAY 27, 2010: The Senate Appropriations Committee did not pass out the bill, which effectively kills it for this session. The state Senate Public Safety Committee yesterday approved a bill proposing changes in the criminal justice system to ensure that no one is sentenced to die because of race or ethnicity. Senate Bill 1331, [...]
With more drastic tuition hikes on the horizon, some students of color fear their communities will be hardest hit. KTVU.com story by Lindsey Freeland includes interview with Equal Justice Society staff attorney Sara Jackson.
On Wednesday, October 14, more than 100 EJS members and friends from around the Bay Area joined us at the Sundance Kabuki Theater for the screening of two films about contemporary criminal justice issues. The screenings were spearheaded by EJS staffers Sara Jackson and Miguel Gavaldón. The Trust (http://www.trustcommunity.org), currently in post-production, takes a personal [...]
Motley Fellow Claudia Peña and I have been here in DC all week attending the Radical Collaboration for Racial Justice Conference, sponsored by the National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA). Attending this gathering underscores the need for, and importance of, the collaborative work that all of us at EJS do, especially as it relates [...]