TaShun Bowden-Lewis, who’s wanted to work in public defense since she was a child, has spent her career fighting for clients in Connecticut.
Justice
Stories about the justice system in Connecticut: Law enforcement, courts, prisons and offenders, immigration, juvenile justice, and public corruption.
Posted inPolitics
Stefanowski takes aim at CT police accountability law
Bob Stefanowski said crime was “out of control” and CT’s 2-year-old accountability law was the main cause of police recruiting difficulties.
Posted inJustice
Randy Cox sues police, city of New Haven for $100 million
Randy Cox, the Black man paralyzed after being injured in a police van, is suing five officers and the city of New Haven for $100 million.
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CT’s Maria Kahn sails through Senate hearing for 2nd Circuit
Kahn, a justice on the CT Supreme Court, largely avoided tough questioning from Republicans, who focused their attention on another nominee.
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Attorneys for Randy Cox, paralyzed in New Haven police van, plan federal lawsuit
Supporters of Randy Cox, a Black man paralyzed after being hurled around a New Haven police van, announced the planned lawsuit at city hall.
Posted inPolitics
Court rejects Stefanowski’s bid to keep Independent Party off the ballot
The lawsuit asked the court to issue an injunction striking Rob Hotaling and his running mate from the ballot.
Posted inJustice
CT has spent over 20 years trying to improve police conduct. Is it working?
The state is trying to address police officers’ conduct by requiring body cams and tracking excessive use of force and racial disparities in policing.
Posted inPolitics
CT Capitol Police charge Tolland man with threatening a lawmaker
A caller left a message threatening to shoot state Rep. Tammy Nuccio, R-Tolland, Capitol Police said.
Posted inJustice, Politics
Connecticut’s mask mandate is gone, but the litigation continues
Is a legal challenge to Connecticut’s emergency powers during COVID-19 moot or an opportunity to legally vet them ahead of future crisis?
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AG Tong opens civil rights investigation of Project Veritas allegations
Attorney General William Tong is investigating whether Cos Cob assistant principal Jeremy Boland illegally discriminated against conservatives.
Posted inPartner Content
Frontier reaches $60-plus million settlement with the state over customer complaints
The company agreed to spend more than $40 million to upgrade internet service in economically distressed urban and rural communities.
Posted inJustice
CT police use-of-force report hampered by incomplete data
‘Inexcusably deficient’ data and incomplete participation among police departments compromised CT’s first report on police use of force.
Posted inJustice
When cash bail is high, some families finance freedom through GoFundMe
It took fish fries, fundraisers and GoFundMe to bail Bryan Jordan out of jail. Was it enough to keep him home?
Posted inJustice
New Jersey mostly got rid of cash bail. Why hasn’t Connecticut?
CT’s efforts to end cash bail were stymied by the bail bonds industry, a lack of bipartisanship and worry over what would replace it.
Posted inJustice
The problem of cash bail in CT: ‘They just cannot claw their way out’
There are fewer people imprisoned today than in 2008. But the cash bail system can still keep people locked up, unable to buy their way out.