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Rodricus Crawford: Louisiana; (The appeal); (Part 24); Journalist Yolanda Young's innovative report - touching on key moments of the appeal through live tweets and corresponding visual coverage l as part of her series of posts on the Crawford case published on 'Rollingout.' (Highly recommended HL);

Next: Predictive Policing. (Predpol): Sounding the Alarm on Predictive Policing, by Amy Kroin; Free Press; (Publisher's note: "It's good to see that 'predictive policing' is finally getting close scrutiny by civil rights, privacy and technology groups - and that some informed skepticism is countering the lustrous aura - created by the industry behind the latest police toy. HL)..."After all, what could go wrong with a data-based approach to law enforcement? It turns out: plenty. That’s why Free Press joined a broad coalition of civil rights, privacy and technology groups in sounding the alarm about how predictive policing reinforces racial bias. The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights mobilized the coalition, which counts the ACLU, the Brennan Center for Justice, Color Of Change and the NAACP among the 17 signers. The statement released last Wednesday notes that “the data driving predictive enforcement activities — such as the location and timing of previously reported crimes, or patterns of community- and officer-initiated 911 calls — is profoundly limited and biased.” Indeed, a damning report from the tech consulting group Upturn, which surveyed the nation’s 50 largest police forces, confirms this view. Upturn found “little evidence” that predictive policing works — and “significant reason to fear that [it] may reinforce disproportionate and discriminatory policing practices.”
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PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I highly recommend Journalist Yolanda's report on the appeal to the Supreme Court of Louisiana held yesterday. She has highlighted key moments of the appeal through live tweets and corresponding visual coverage. The post is headed: "'Innocent' on death row: Louisiana Supreme Court justices have harsh words for the state." In a brief introduction Young notes:"The justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Rodricus Crawford’s appeal of the death sentence he was given in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, the nation’s death penalty capital. Below are a collection of live tweets that suggest the justices have concerns regarding this case, as well."

The report can be found at

http://rollingout.com/2016/09/08/innocent-death-row-la-supreme-court-justices-harsh-words-state/

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