Berkeley Law’s Paper Prisons Initiative led by Professor Colleen V. Chien, recently unveiled an innovative database aimed at helping defendants and people convicted of crimes challenge a charge, conviction, or sentence under the California Racial Justice Act (RJA). The initiative’s Racial Justice Act Tool(opens in a new tab), which is currently in beta mode, reports on data provided by the …
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Volunteer Archivists Decipher Thousands of Untold Stories From the American Revolution
Anyone can volunteer for the Revolutionary War Pension Project. In 1777, drunken British soldiers stormed into Sarah Martin’s home in Woodbridge, New Jersey and demanded that she cook them ham and eggs. Hostile and impatient, the soldiers threatened to kill her youngest child, who cried as she prepared the meal. One of the officers even …
Volunteer Archivists Decipher Thousands of Untold Stories From the American Revolution
Anyone can volunteer for the Revolutionary War Pension Project. In 1777, drunken British soldiers stormed into Sarah Martin’s home in Woodbridge, New Jersey and demanded that she cook them ham and eggs. Hostile and impatient, the soldiers threatened to kill her youngest child, who cried as she prepared the meal. One of the officers even …