Get Off My Neck

The Baton Foundation is an organization whose principal objective is to serve the emotional, cultural and intellectual needs of Black boys ages 10-15. The organization exists not only to expose Black boys to important cultural and historical information, but also to support and to help guide them socially and emotionally. Further, the organization exists to provide these same resources for the boys’ families and the communities from which they come.

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The Baton Foundation will host a lecture about the injustices in the criminal legal system. This in-person program is free to the public.

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In Get Off My Neck (MIT Press, 2024) Debbie Hines draws on her unique perspective as a trial lawyer, former Baltimore prosecutor, and assistant attorney general for the State of Maryland to argue that US prosecutors, as the most powerful players in the criminal justice system, systematically target and criminalize Black people. Hines describes her disillusionment as a young Black woman who initially entered the profession with the goal of helping victims of crimes, only to discover herself aiding and abetting a system that prizes plea bargaining, speedy conviction, and excessive punishment above all else. In this book, she offers concrete, specific, and hopeful solutions for just how we can come together in a common purpose for criminal justice and racial justice reform. <a href="https://thebatonfoundation.org/event/get-off-my-neck/" title="https://thebatonfoundation.org/event/get-off-my-neck/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Read more here.</a>

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