Day: March 17, 2016

Innovative Web Series on Filming Police and Civil Liberties ‘Rights Lab’ to Premiere Latest Episode on March 21

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—March 16, 2016. Scrappers Film Group, in collaboration with Truthout.org, invites you to the third event in our four-part series of screenings, conversations and performances at Music Box Theater, 3733 N. Southport Ave., Chicago, on March 21st at 7 p.m. Filming police is legal in all 50 states – but numerous[Read More…]

Retired Federal Judge, Law Enforcement, and Leading Drug Reform Organization Ask Court to Reconsider Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht’s Harsh Prison Sentence

Ross Ulbricht Given Harsh Life Without Parole Sentence but Silk Road Copycat Sites Keep Emerging;  Call for Second Circuit to Reduce Ross Ulbricht’s Life Without Parole Sentence NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–March 16, 2016.  The Drug Policy Alliance filed an amicus brief today urging the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to reduce the[Read More…]

Congresswoman Robin Kelly Statement on the Appointment of Judge Merrick Garland for the U.S. Supreme Court

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 16, 2016 “President Obama’s choice of Chicago-native Judge Merrick Garland as his nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court gives Congress the opportunity to fill this crucial vacancy with a jurist of unparalleled experience and legal acumen. Garland has proven himself to be one of the best appellate judges[Read More…]

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