Mike Carter (@mikecarter1133) 's Twitter Profile
Mike Carter

@mikecarter1133

Detroit Federal “I’m gonna get me a paid lawyer” Defender. Former PD @pdsdc.

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A monumental victory in federal court. Our case Civil Rights Corps will restore hundreds of thousands of driver's licenses to people who were cut off from all of the things that make daily life possible in Tennessee--solely because they are poor. nytimes.com/2018/07/04/us/…

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"Wrongly convicted man released after nearly 15 years in prison." detne.ws/2PcxqKz via The Detroit News Congrats to E.D. Mich. FDO attorneys who worked on this case, Jonathan Epstein, Constitutionally Required, and Loren Khogali!

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The progressive prosecutor movement is great — but without funding public defenders it won't work salon.com/2019/12/14/the…

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I usually litigate against federal prosecutors. But today - especially today - I'm proud to represent over 960 of them challenging DOJ's politically driven move to drop Michael Flynn's case. The law is clear: J. Sullivan must deny the motion if it's not "in the public interest."

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This is a map of racial segregation in DC A year ago, the local US Attorney adopted a new charging policy that doubled the prison time for 100s of affected defendants. They said the policy applied citywide. It didn't. 🚨It only ever applied in the Blackest parts of the city🚨

This is a map of racial segregation in DC

A year ago, the local US Attorney adopted a new charging policy that doubled the prison time for 100s of affected defendants.

They said the policy applied citywide.

It didn't.

🚨It only ever applied in the Blackest parts of the city🚨
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The legal doctrine that allows people to be prosecuted for murder even if they didn’t kill anyone has fallen out of favor across the globe. In America, it remains common, writes Lara Bazelon. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…