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The Civil Rights Institute & Equal Justice Initiative
BIRMINGHAM / MONTGOMERY – It’s been a nonstop week. Meetings with three different lawyers, a prison visit, court, two trips to the state archives… I also went to the Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham and the Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Museum in Montgomery. As soon as I arrived, I knew these last two places would Read more
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The prison phone line
WORKING FROM HOME – It’s raining again in Vestavia Hills. Every afternoon this week we’ve had a torrential downpour with thunder and lightning, which stops and dries up in the sweltering heat later on. But that’s okay, because the work’s begun in earnest. When we’re not out on location, the 3DC interns set up in Read more
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Who am I living with?
DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM – I’ve spent the week settling in, battling heat, jetlag, mosquitos, and scoping out which issues in Alabama’s legal system might make a good story. I also wanted to learn more about the people I’m living with – besides our planned prison documentary, which cases are the 3DC interns working on and what Read more
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Sweet Home Alabama
VESTAVIA HILLS – A lot’s happened in the few days since I last wrote. Most importantly, I made it to America but my phone decided to stop working the moment I set foot in the country – a real pain, and absolutely typical… Of course, this means blog content has accumulated faster than I can Read more
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Breakfast before America
ENGLAND – I’m sipping Earl Grey tea and reading the news, the same as any other morning. Only, today is different, because I’m reading about how Alabama has just resumed its use of the death penalty. After a run of botched lethal injections resulting in a temporary suspension of the process last year, executions began Read more
Freya Jones 