Aram Byer James
Aram Byer James | |
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 Aram James is a national advocate for discontinuing police use of tasers. | |
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Aram Byer James is a former Santa Clara County, CA Assistant Public Defender, police watchdog, social activist, and civil rights attorney.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] As an expert on the defense of necessity, he headed the team of attorneys defending Stanford University students and professors arrested in anti-apartheid protests in 1980’s.[13][14][15] He is an advocate of jury nullification, educator in the use of the Marsden Motion to fire ineffective public defenders, a critic of the prison industrial complex, and critic of police use of tasers and racial profiling.[4][12][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
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- ^ Myths and Realities of Crime and Justice: What Every American Should Know, Steven Barkan, George Bryjak, p. 202, ISBN 0763755745, ISBN 978-0763755744
- ^ Palo Alto chief approves profiling, ABC News, Friday, October 31, 2008
- ^ Police watchdog threatens lawsuit, Bill D'Agostino, Palo Alto Weekly, Wednesday, April 6, 2005
- ^ a b Taser recommendation delayed - Instead, Task Force hears from Taser-sponsored doctor, ACLU, and activist Aram James, Becky Trout, Palo Alto Weekly, March 28, 2007
- ^ Public Eye: Judging the Judges [1], Metro Silicon Valley, 10-17-02
- ^ Palo Alto police chief releases minutes of racial profiling meetings, Will Oremus, San Jose Mercury News, 02/18/2010
- ^ Palo Alto may look outside department for new top cop, Will Oremus, San Jose Mercury News, 03/21/2009
- ^ Poster eye-catching... when seen: Civil rights initiative, San Jose Mercury News, August 21, 1996, p. 1B
- ^ Civil Disobedience and the Necessity Defense Vehicle Habitation Legal Fund, Mark Petersen-Perez, Palo Alto Free Press, May 29, 2013
- ^ Palo Alto delays debate on vehicle-dwelling ban, Palo Alto Weekly, Jul 20, 2011
- ^ Tales From A Trial, Raj Jayadev, Metro Silicon Valley, 1-16-2008
- ^ a b Tasers:Are They a Viable Option?, East Palo Alto Today, May 3, 2011
- ^ 15 Stanford Protestors Jailed for Anti-Apartheid Sit-ins, San Jose Mercury News, 4-18-1986, 1B Local
- ^ In re Weller (1985) 164 Cal. App. 3d 44 [210 Cal. Rptr. 130]
- ^ James v. San Jose Mercury News, Inc. (1993), 17 Cal. App. 4th 1 [20 Cal. Rptr. 2d 890]
- ^ Take Back Our Criminal Justice System, Use Jury Nullification, Aram James, Albert Cobarrubias Justice Project, May 8, 2012
- ^ The California Public Defender: Its Origins, Evolution and Decline; Laurence A. Benner, 5 Cal. Legal Hist. 173 (2010)
- ^ De-bug's role as legal watchdog grows, Tracey Kaplan, San Jose Mercury News, 4-4-2010
- ^ D.A. Confidential - What the Merc's much-heralded 'Tainted Trials, Stolen Justice' series didn't say about the District Attorney's office, Vrinda Normand, San Jose Metro, 4-12-2006
- ^ New Jail Plans Advance, Ryan Mcarthy, Palo Alto Daily Post, 10-5-2011
- ^ Ray Samuels: A Police Chief and Leader Who Championed Rights For All, Aram James Bio, Silicon Valley Debug, 3-6-2012
- ^ Police Activism in San Jose, Peter Maiden
- ^ Charged Debate, Marty Levine, Pittsburgh City Paper, 11-15-2007