Overcriminalization

Billy Porter and Malcolm Kenyatta: New Pa. law criminalizes HIV. Get rid of it. @PhillyInquirer buff.ly/3ZbiS0Y

Bill to criminalize drag shows advances in North Dakota @AP buff.ly/3DqJq5W

Opinion by @Thomas_A_Berry and Nicholas DeBenedetto for @usatoday: Did you hear the one about 2 guys who told jokes about the cops? They landed in jail. @CatoInstitute buff.ly/3iyYV4w

An 82-year-old didn’t pay her $77 trash bill. Police arrested her. @praveenavsoma @washingtonpost buff.ly/3UwVAzY

Another attempt to criminalize homelessness @FreePressOKC buff.ly/3ESJkoZ

Court hears arguments on Alabama trans youth treatment ban @StatehouseKim @AP buff.ly/3Vf8BPj

Suburban Mom Handcuffed, Jailed for Making 8-Year-Old Son Walk Half a Mile Home: Heather Wallace plead guilty to child endangerment and can no longer work with kids. @FreeRangeKids @reason bit.ly/3TBdxgk

Opinion by @GalvinAlmanza for @thehill: It’s time to make smarter choices on small crime. buff.ly/3Ax3nXa

Tennessee bill could criminalize some drag show performances @itsmelissabrown @angele_latham @Tennessean buff.ly/3WZrnfi

After Supreme Court Ruling, States Grapple With How To Define an Excessive Fine @cjciaramella @reason buff.ly/3UCwX5b

This Court Case Could Make It a Crime To Be a Journalist in Texas @billybinion @reason buff.ly/3tdChAv

An Arizona grandmother was arrested for giving food to the hungry. Now, she's suing @jaclynmdiaz @npr buff.ly/3sHYdDp

New Delaware Law Ends Many Fines And Fees That Criminalize Poverty @nick_sibilla @forbes buff.ly/3T01KrT

Mississippi activists seek to decriminalize HIV and reduce stigma @kobeevance @MPBOnline buff.ly/3M2ZNsH

Data obtained by @theappeal show nearly 2,000 people in Mississippi and Louisiana are serving long—and sometimes life—sentences after they were labeled 'habitual offenders.' But most are behind bars for small crimes like drug possession. @TanaGaneva buff.ly/3xXfGe8

How American Public Spaces Became So Criminalized—and How We Can Win Them Back @theappeal buff.ly/3UrWjDA

Pressure Mounts Against HIV Criminalization as Prosecutions Continue: Roughly 30 states still have some form of HIV criminalization law or sentencing enhancement on the books. Advocates say it’s long past time for change. @byadamrhodes @theappeal buff.ly/3eVt6Rq

Federal Judge Blocks Arizona Law Making It Illegal To Film Cops Within 8 Feet @cjciaramella @reason buff.ly/3RNfNB3

18-Year-Old Faces Possible 70 Years in Federal Prison for Snapchat Sexting Crime @horowitzemily @reason buff.ly/3U9HkOF

"At least 154 people living with HIV have been placed on Tennessee’s sex offender registry and labelled as a 'violent sexual offender' for charges stemming from their HIV-positive status, according to a report published by @WilliamsPolicy." @aidsmap buff.ly/3DjvgEA