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Smart Phones, Dumb Laws
Will Your Cellphone Make You a Criminal? A forum on the rising wave of repression against people who document dissent and police misconduct. In Illinois, it is a major criminal offense to use a cell phone to audio record the police – EVEN IN A PUBLIC SPACE! You can be sentenced to 15 years in prison! Only 1 other state makes this a crime. Why does Illinois have this law? Why does our police force want to conceal its actions? Cell phones give everyday people amazing power to document injustices, protests, and misconduct by...
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Come learn about the only juvenile, first-time offender in the United States who is serving a mandatory federal life sentence for a non-violent drug offense. Reynolds Wintersmith received a federal sentence of life without parole for a drug offense committed when he was 17. He remains in federal prison notwithstanding the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Graham v. Florida, which found it unconstitutional for juveniles to be sentenced to life without parole sentences. Come hear about his case from his federal defender, and learn about...
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