The deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor have awoken Americans and Virginians to long standing problems in policing in America. After people are arrested additional damage is done by a criminal justice system that has been streamlined to produce convictions and p…
Read More »RICHMOND -- As the July 1 enactment of bills passed during the 2020 legislative session approaches, Senate Majority Leader Dick Saslaw (D-Fairfax) and Senate Democratic Caucus Chair Mamie E. Locke (D-Hampton) released the following statement reflecting on the cr…
Read More »UPCOMING ZOOM COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY Wednesday, 06/24 -- 5:30pm-6:30pm Tuesday, 06/30 -- 6:30pm-7:30pm Thursday, 07/02 -- 6:30pm-7:30pm Criminal justice and racial equity are hot topics in the news cycle and in conversations that we are having with …
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