Brenna Twohy
@brennatwohypublic defender. retired poet. 1995 pasadena public library poster child.
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A ski lift, an alpine slide, a scavenger hunt, and the love of my life. ❤️
oh so you want to abolish the police, smart guy? who you gonna call next time you need four assholes with pensions and overtime to shoot up a subway car in pursuit of a $2.90 fare jumper then, eh? think about that, buddy
my fall aesthetic is jimmy carter building affordable housing
🚨 New, from me: The medical examiner who helped persuade a jury in 2004 that Russell Maze killed his baby son has recanted his testimony. Now both the DA’s office and the original M.E. agree that the crime for which Maze was convicted never occurred. 1/x propublica.org/article/russel…
Today, I spoke with @RachelJKincaid to discuss her recent law review article on the junk science known as "Excited Delirium". On this episode you will hear the racist history of the "science" and how it shields from police for their unlawful uses of force.
In a new bail reform study, @BrennanCenter looked at 22 cities that did some form of bail reform with 11 that didn't and found "no statistically significant difference in crime rates between cities that reformed their bail policies and those that did not" prospect.org/justice/2024-0…
On dealing with prosecutors: "Make 'em work. There's a lot of jobs that don't require working on the weekend. Putting a human being in a cage isn't one of them. Make 'em work." -Jeremy Rosenthal
BREAKING: Young Thug’s lawyer, Brian Steel, was ordered into custody after he was held in contempt for not disclosing his source. Steel's arrest followed the lawyer refusing to disclose the source of a private conversation between the judge, the DA, and a star witness. “You got…
I haven’t been following this case day-by-day, but one gets the sense that the wheels have been slowly coming off. Until today, when they came completely and spectacularly off. I’ve never seen anything like this in 25+ years of practicing law. It’s stunning. Fulton County, man.
BREAKING: Young Thug’s lawyer, Brian Steel, was ordered into custody after he was held in contempt for not disclosing his source. Steel's arrest followed the lawyer refusing to disclose the source of a private conversation between the judge, the DA, and a star witness. “You got…
We should eliminate the inventory exception to the warrant requirement under the Pennsylvania Constitution, Justice Wecht argues: It's premised on a fiction. pacourts.us/assets/opinion… #N
Driving on a suspended license is an example of the criminalization of poverty.
NEW: Man with a suspended license joins court Zoom call while driving in his car. This is the funniest video I've seen in a long time. Judge Cedric Simpson can be seen dumbfounded after defendant Corey Harris dialed into the meeting from his car. Simpson: "Mr. Harris, are…
This appears to be one of the biggest crimes in modern history. For context, if the FTC's investigation is accurate, this single crime costs people at least 10 times the amount of all property crime combined according to the FBI.
NEW: The FTC uncovered a series of texts between big oil CEO Scott Sheffield and OPEC officials agreeing to limit oil production to raise prices. They raked in huge profits, while their scheme cost consumers $200 billion a year in higher prices. That’s about $3000 per family.
For a sample motion that applies this research and moves to suppress unreliable noneyewitness identifications, check out @UMichLaw’s #DataforDefenders website: datafordefenders.org
#NJOPD’s Tamar Lerer and Claremont Graduate University’s Kathy Pezdek discuss the reliability of non-eyewitness identifications and propose a two-pronged test to assess the admissibility of such results in court for the @NACDL’s The Champion magazine. nj.gov/defender/media…
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: Admitting rap music or videos in criminal trials is highly prejudicial, especially bc "by no means is rap the exclusive genre for glorification of criminal activity." Some examples from the Court: search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia.as…
Any of my clients would have been arrested for eluding and this DA would have showed up the next morning and argued that they should be held without bond.
NEW: Monroe County DA refuses to stop for police after she was caught speeding; ‘I didn't feel like stopping…’ Sandra Doorley was driving 55 mph in a 35 mph zone on Phillips Road in Webster when she chose not to pull over Instead, she called Webster Police Chief Dennis…
JOB ALERT: Come work with me! The MDefenders program @UMichLaw is hiring an assistant program director to help grow and expand our innovative programming to support public defense. Details here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/247…. Please help me spread the word.
The 6yo lost her first tooth last night and prepared a show and tell for her class today. She, like many americans, almost fell for the bad forensic science that is bite mark evidence. Good thing mama was there to talk with her about junk science 😆
It’s not that we’re weak or broken for feeling leveled by this and not being able to set it aside. We’re feeling what we’re supposed to in the face of witnessing things that are so at odds with what we’re meant to be doing, what we know we owe one another.
Where are Louisville’s ShotSpotter gunfire sensors? According to data leaked to @wired, most are west of 9th Street in the predominantly Black West End. Wired found ShotSpotters nationwide were disproportionately placed in low-income communities of color wired.com/story/shotspot…
New section of the California vehicle code, to go into effect January 1st, requires officers making a traffic stop or Terry stop to state the reason for the stop before questioning the person—designed, as I understand it, to limit pretextual questioning. leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billText…
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