Justice Just Ain’t

“In December 2006, Tondalo Hall’s boyfriend pled guilty to breaking the ribs and femur of their 3-month-old daughter. For his crime, Robert Braxton Jr. served two years in prison.
In court, prosecutors presented no evidence that Hall herself had harmed the child. But for failing to intervene against Braxton’s abuse, Hall was sentenced to 30 years behind bars.” From Buzzfeed’s Alex Campbell: This battered woman wants to get out of prison.

+ An Alabama jury decided that Shonelle Jackson should not get the death penalty. But a judge disagreed. And now Jackson could become the first American executed despite a jury’s unanimous vote for life.