Justice For Brittany Watts: Black Woman Charged For Allegedly Disposing Of Fetus After Miscarriage

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Here’s the thing: Certain laws are inherently unjust, or, at the very least, pave the way for cruel and unjust prosecutions. Oftentimes, these laws, as well as their enforcers, appear to be aimed at criminalizing people for the sake of criminalizing people, as opposed to doing what laws are supposedly meant to do, which is to protect the public. And like all things related to systemic criminalization, Black people are disproportionately vulnerable to being further...