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December 23, 2022
Tracy McCarter Is a Case Study of the Abusive Carceral State
Judge Diane Kiesel’s ruling is just one example of the way the legal system took on the role of the abuser in McCarter’s case.
Victoria Law for The Nation
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December 20, 2022
An Incarcerated Survivor Asks Kathy Hochul for Clemency
The petition from the 34-year-old mother of two is one of 861 requests for commutations awaiting Hochul’s decision.
Victoria Law
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December 2, 2022
A Judge Dismisses the Murder Charge Against a Domestic Violence Survivor
Two weeks after the Manhattan DA filed a motion to dismiss Tracy McCarter’s murder indictment, Judge Diane Kiesel agreed to drop the charge against her.
Victoria Law
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November 21, 2022
The Manhattan DA Finally Keeps His Campaign Promise Not to Prosecute a Domestic Violence Victim
Alvin Bragg announced on Friday that he was no longer convinced of Tracy McCarter’s guilt. McCarter was arrested for the death of her husband on March 2, 2020.
Victoria Law
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October 25, 2022
21,000 Supporters Urge Alvin Bragg to Free Tracy McCarter
The Manhattan district attorney is prosecuting McCarter in the death of her estranged husband.
Victoria Law
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July 18, 2022
“The Worst Abuser You Could Ever Have”
Tracy McCarter did everything we tell survivors to do, but that did not protect her from the abuse she suffered at the hands of the state.
Victoria Law
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February 3, 2022
The Police State Is Failing Officers Too
Alternatives to policing are critical to the health and safety of both overpoliced people, historically and predominantly Black and brown, and the police themselves.
Scott Hechinger
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October 29, 2021
Every House Member Who Aided the January 6 Rioters Must Be Expelled
“It’s inexcusable to wait any longer.”
John Nichols
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October 5, 2021
The Expansive Feminism of Jacqueline Rose
Rose’s latest book, On Violence and On Violence Against Women, is a rigorous and capacious study of contemporary gender politics and solidarity.
Cora Currier
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September 28, 2021
What I Learned From the Women in Detroit
In Anita Hill’s new book, she recalls a pivotal moment in her work speaking about women’s empowerment at a shelter in Detroit.
Anita Hill