selenian-yama

[selenian-yama]

There is a myth that someone who’s accused of a crime has a right to a lawyer. The reality of it is that most people who have no money get lawyers who have no interest in their case, do no investigation, no work whatsoever. In my case, the state had millions of dollars at their command to prosecute me and we had no money whatsoever.

[Assata Shakur, “Prisoner in the United States”] (via rienfleche)

[selenian-yama]

The evolution of American voting rights in 242 years shows how far we’ve come — and how far we still have to go