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Number Of People Incarcerated In U.S. Is Far Higher Than 2.5 Million

Number Of People Incarcerated In U.S. Is Far Higher Than 2.5 Million

The most popular statistic regarding the United States’ prison system is that there are 2.5 million people incarcerated. However, this figure significantly under-represents the number of people caged in this country each year.According to a released by the Prison Policy Initiative, at least 4.9 million people are arrested and jailed each year. Those individuals are disproportionately poor, Black, and lack access to education and health care.Researchers say the 4.9 million figure represents a minimum estimate, as data on arrests and incarceration in the U.S. are woefully inadequate at every...

August 28, 2019
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With Case Largely Over, Attorney For Reality Winner Speaks

With Case Largely Over, Attorney For Reality Winner Speaks

Defense attorney Titus Nichols, who was part of the team of attorneys that represented former NSA contractor Reality Winner, contends the Espionage Act makes it very difficult for a person accused of violating the law to defend themselves.In an interview with Shadowproof, Nichols also suggested Winner was treated more extraordinarily than other criminal cases. However, generally, he said Winner and the legal defense team were “satisfied with the result” because “the judge accepted the plea deal” and “directed her to be placed” at Federal Medical Center, Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas.Winner...

August 28, 2018
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Judge Keeps Assange In Glass Box For Extradition Proceedings

Judge Keeps Assange In Glass Box For Extradition Proceedings

Defendants in the United States sit with their counsel. They are not held in a “secure dock” in a manner that physically removes them from proceedings.Yet, in the United Kingdom, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces extradition to the U.S., a magistrate court judge decided he must remain isolated in a glass box at the back of the courtroom.The first proceedings in Assange’s extradition hearing concluded on Thursday at the Woolwich courthouse in London, which is adjacent to Her Majesty’s Prison Belmarsh where Assange is detained.Assange is charged with 17 counts of violating the U.S....

February 29, 2020
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Federal Judge Upholds WikiLeaks' Right To Publish Stolen Information

Federal Judge Upholds WikiLeaks' Right To Publish Stolen Information

At the time, DNC chair Tom Perez accused WikiLeaks of helping to perpetrate a “brazen attack” on democracy.Shadowproof is a financially independent news organization. All of our funding comes from small donations made by readers like you.We use your donations to hire freelance writers and cover our operating costs. Monthly membership subscriptions give us the stability we need to make plans while ensuring our organization does not depend on grants or major funders. If you like what you read, support our writers with a donation today. 

August 3, 2019
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Biden Adviser: 'Dangerous Territory' If DNC Sponsors Climate Debate

Biden Adviser: 'Dangerous Territory' If DNC Sponsors Climate Debate

Symone Sanders, a senior adviser to Joe Biden, described a grassroots push for a presidential climate debate sponsored by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) as “dangerous territory in the middle of a Democratic primary process.”The remarks came during a meeting of the DNC Resolutions Committee, which defeated the resolution in an 8-17 vote.A DNC member, Sanders contended if the DNC was going to host “theme-focused” debates then members should have approved such debates back in 2018, not now “one-third of the way through the Democratic primary.”She also suggested that media networks...

August 24, 2019
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Where 2020 Presidential Candidates Stand On Assange Prosecution

Where 2020 Presidential Candidates Stand On Assange Prosecution

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been jailed in London’s Belmarsh Prison since April 11, when Ecuador authorities revoked his political asylum in their embassy and British authorities arrested him.The United States government had Assange arrested for extradition on charges of violating the Espionage Act and conspiracy to commit a computer crime that stem from the disclosures from U.S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning that were published in 2010.As part of a questionnaire on presidential executive power, the New York Times each candidate for president whether they support the charges...

September 13, 2019
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UN Report: Meat Production Has 'Disproportionate Impact' On Climate

UN Report: Meat Production Has 'Disproportionate Impact' On Climate

A report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a body of the United Nations, further confirms how meat consumption and production is fueling climate disruption.“Meat—sometimes specified as ruminant meat (mainly beef)—was consistently identified as the single food with the greatest impact on the environment, most often in terms of GHG [greenhouse] emissions and/or land use per unit commodity,” the report states.The IPCC’s covered climate change and land, including the following issues: desertification, land degradation, land management, food security, and greenhouse gas...

August 13, 2019
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Obama Deported Twice As Many People Under Same Program As Trump

Obama Deported Twice As Many People Under Same Program As Trump

CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Democratic Senator Diane Feinstein about a bill she introduced, which would prohibit the federal government from separating immigrant children from their families during arrests at ports of entry or within 100 miles of the border of the United States.As he asked his question, Tapper brought up a photo taken in 2014 of children sleeping on the floor of a cage at an immigrant detention center.“There were a lot of things done to undocumented immigrants that the immigrant community was very upset about during the Obama years, that Democrats didn’t seem that outspoken...

September 7, 2019
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James Comey Saved By Two-Tiered Justice System Of Prosecuting Leaks

James Comey Saved By Two-Tiered Justice System Of Prosecuting Leaks

When former FBI director James Comey retained, mishandled, and disseminated certain memos from his meetings with President Donald Trump, he violated FBI and Justice Department policies, as well as the FBI employment agreement he signed, according to the department’s inspector general.However, the inspector general did not recommend prosecution for Comey. That fits into the two-tiered justice system that exists for federal government employees in the United States.High-ranking officials, like Comey, David Petraeus, Hillary Clinton, and Leon Panetta, each mishandled classified information....

September 3, 2019
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New York Times Outs Ukraine Call Whistleblower, Sparks Outrage

New York Times Outs Ukraine Call Whistleblower, Sparks Outrage

Shadowproof is a financially independent news organization. All of our funding comes from small donations made by readers like you.We use your donations to hire freelance writers and cover our operating costs. Monthly membership subscriptions give us the stability we need to make plans while ensuring our organization does not depend on grants or major funders. If you like what you read, support our writers with a donation today. 

September 27, 2019
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