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Amanda Jack

@ajjack.bsky.social
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she/her CUNY Law alum fighting the racist crim punishment system first as a public defender and now as director of policy at the nation's oldest and largest public defender office. NYC mom to 2 public school kids/cyclist who wants more protected bike lanes

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Amanda Jack @ajjack.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Proud to still be here on these steps with the statewide #CommunitiesNotCages campaign demanding that we pass the #MarvinMayfieldAct the #SecondLookAct and the #EarnedTimeAct
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Amanda Jack @ajjack.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
We won't let @governor.ny.gov take us back to the days of coerced pleas, prolonged pretrial detention and wrongful convictions. #ProtectKaliefsLaw #DefendDiscovery
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Amanda Jack @ajjack.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
TY to Renay Lynch - wrongfully convicted & exonerated after 26 years of incarceration thanks to @innocenceproject.bsky.social - who was invited to speak w/ the BPHA Caucus led by Chair @solagesny.bsky.social TY for the full throated support for automatic and open discovery! #ProtectKaliefsLaw
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Amanda Jack @ajjack.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Organizer extraordinaire Thomas Gant from Center For Community Alternatives at my Alma mater CUNY Law speaking about excessive sentences and the need to pass #TheSecondLookAct says the harm goes beyond prison walls “the harm and hurt that is being done is to keep families from being whole again.”
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