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Spokane’s Domestic Violence Unit cut to make way for Violent Crimes Task Force
Victim advocates fear the impacts of short-staffing the previously effective unit.
When police officers in Spokane respond to domestic violence…
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Don’t Got the Beat
Newsrooms often give one of the most emotionally demanding and delicate jobs in journalism – the crime beat – to our least…
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Injustice by Geography
In Washington, whether or not you get access to pretrial services, which often requires home monitoring, drug testing and other costly things, largely depends on the jurisdiction you’re in.…
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Justice by Geography
Where You Live In Washington May Determine Whether You Get Stuck In Jail Before Trial…
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Lesley, Nope.
Which has been worse for people of color in Spokane County, Lesley Haskell's words, or Larry Haskell's actions?…
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Open Wounds
The Case of Maddesyn George and the Legal Legacies of Colonialism…
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Missing but not forgotten
Jenny Slagle on giving voice to and seeking justice for missing and murdered indigenous people…
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That relief you're feeling is evidence of a broken system
The verdict should not have been in doubt, but it was.…
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And Justice for Some feat. Cam Zorrozua & Virla Spencer
This week on the pod we talk to Virla Spencer and Camerina Zorrozua of The Way to Justice, a newish non-profit that helps people get their lives back after run ins with the criminal legal system.…
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TAKE ACTION: Pathways to Recovery
Before 10 am, voice your support for compassionate treatment, not jail.…
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EPISODE 025 | No New Jail feat Jim Dawson
New polling data that confirms, yep, the rest of Spokane County wants a jail about as badly as we do — which is to say: NOT. AT. ALL.…
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As White Supremacy spreads locally, Chief Meidl effectively says no comment
As racist fliers pop up in neighborhoods and violence is threatened against members of the Black community, the Police Chief declines to denounce white supremacy in responses to City Council.…