Criminal Justice - Legal Lynching

Photo by Gayatri Malhotra on Unsplash EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode, the hosts discuss the country's legacy of racial terror as embodied in lynchings of Blacks by white supremacist groups such as the KKK; how these efforts were designed to maintain racial apartheid by force and intimidation; and how they are related to the use of the criminal justice system and capital punishment statutes in efforts to legally lynch the Scottsboro Boys and the Groveland Boys. LINKS IN THIS EPISODE Equal Justice Initiative - Lynching in America - https://eji.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/lynching-in-america-3d-ed-080219.pdf Groveland Boys (PBS - Free) - https://www.pbs.org/video/the-groveland-four-uid8r2/ Scottsboro Boys ($) - https://www.amazon.com/Trials-Scottsboro-Boys/dp/B07F26V4XC/ref=sr_1_3?crid=39WLGM6EXMUQE&dchild=1&keywords=scottsboro+boys+an+american+tragedy&qid=1586636092&sprefix=scottsobo%2Caps%2C152&sr=8-3  Lafourche Country (where Judge Ellis grew up) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafourche_Parish,_Louisiana Follow Ellis Conversations on Twitter Follow Judge Ronald Ellis on Twitter Follow Jamil Ellis on Twitter Follow Jamil Ellis on LinkedIn Check out Unified Ground Follow Ellis Conversations on Twitter Check out BlackHistoryChatGPT OTHER EPISODES OF INTEREST Criminal Justice First Encounters Criminal Justice All About Bail