Equatorial Guinea abolishes death penalty
Capital punishment was “totally abolished” in the oil-rich central African country after the president signed a new penal code.
Equatorial Guinea abolishes death penalty Read more
Capital punishment was “totally abolished” in the oil-rich central African country after the president signed a new penal code.
Equatorial Guinea abolishes death penalty Read more
City lawmakers have unanimously approved a measure calling for the decriminalization of psychedelics like psilocybin and ayahuasca.
San Francisco decriminalizes psychedelics Read more
Malaysia will now allow judges discretion in sentencing and offering a range of substitute sentences for crimes that carry a mandatory death sentence.
Malaysia abolishes mandatory use of the death penalty Read more
President Tokayev signed a law on ratification of the second optional protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, with the purpose of abolishing the death penalty.
Kazakhstan abolishes death penalty Read more
The court found that GEO Group, a private prison operator that runs the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, WA, is violating the state’s minimum wage laws by paying its workers $1 per day.
Private prison operator must pay inmates minimum wage for work, U.S. federal jury rules Read more
Under the legislation, people aged 18 and over will be able to legally grow up to four cannabis plants per household for personal use.
Luxembourg first in Europe to legalize growing and using cannabis Read more
The City Council voted unanimously to decriminalize the non-commercial possession and cultivation of many psychedelics for “religious, spiritual, healing, or personal growth practices.”
Seattle decriminalizes possession and cultivation of psychedelics Read more
The dismissals aim to reverse the racial injustices of drug laws as many of the cases are those of people of color disproportionately incarcerated for drug offenses.
Los Angeles County is dismissing 60,000 cannabis convictions Read more
Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation into law in 2019 facilitating a process for the review and vacation of the criminal records of those previously convicted of low-level marijuana offenses.
New Jersey automatically expunged 360,000 cannabis cases this summer Read more
As reported by Vox, this practice leads to the disproportionate dismissal of jurors of color, and “multiple studies suggest that peremptory strikes play a major role in producing juries that are whiter than the population as a whole.”
Arizona abolishes peremptory challenges to improve juror diversity Read more