Something I've learned while in law school is about the social construction of crime. I work in a legal clinic on wage theft cases, where employers have "improperly paid" workers by not paying, paying below min wage, withholding overtime, paid sick time, etc. 1/
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Replying to @djmckenna00
There are some DAs and AGs that have started to take this one, including
@DABoulder20th@chesaboudin@DA_LarryKrasner@AGEllison & others. I've written a couple of op-eds on this topic. Here's one in@thenation :https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/stealing-from-workers-is-a-crime-why-dont-prosecutors-see-it-that-way/ …2 replies 5 retweets 26 likes -
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Here's another in
@thehill about a new law in Colorado strengthening penalties against wage theft (MN also passed a very strong law in this regard).https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/446199-more-states-should-follow-new-colorado-policy-on-wage-theft …1 reply 1 retweet 8 likes
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