A Ramadan campaign to free US Muslims behind bars
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Innocent until proven guilty is a bedrock of the US legal system. But right now, hundreds of thousands of people are sitting in jail, waiting for trial. For many of them, the only thing that’s keeping them behind bars during a deadly pandemic is a lack of money to pay bail. So how are organizers campaigning to end cash bail while freeing the people it keeps incarcerated?
In this episode:
Nabihah Maqbool @nabihah, civil rights lawyer and organizer with @BelieverBailOut.
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