'Prosecuting Rap: how a UK legal project is fighting the use of rap lyrics in court'

Fantastic article in @DJmag that mentions our recent series on 'Drill music, gangs & prosecutions' https://bit.ly/34buvet 
Prosecuting Rap: how a UK legal project is fighting the use of rap lyrics in court

https://bit.ly/34buvet
"This summer, criminal defence lawyers from the Garden Court Chambers, a famed UK barristers chambers focusing on human rights and fighting injustice, hosted a webinar series that brought attention to the use of rap evidence in joint enterprise and gang trials."
"Legal professionals, academics & activists discussed how rap evidence can be contested, such as challenging the prejudicial methodology underlying police “expert” evidence, calling on defence experts such as criminologists & anthropologists to dispute the gang narrative."
"The series broke Garden Court Chambers’ webinar viewer records and sparked debate among music industry insiders. These public conversations are something that Prosecuting Rap welcomes."
“There’s been longstanding and concerted push back against the stark unfairness of joint enterprise convictions, and the way in which rap has been used to lock down joint enterprise cases against young Black men is very under acknowledged,” says @EMaryQ
In one of Garden Court Chambers’ talks, Digga D’s lawyer @CeciliaGoodwi14 discusses the impact of CBOs on her clients, "for an artist to be able to make strides to change their life they have many hurdles to go through & even just putting a song out can land you back in prison”
*KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED*

We're soon launching an INTERNATIONAL series exploring racism in the justice system, ranging from the US experience of how the state uses Rap lyrics & videos to prosecute, the #BlackLivesMatter protests, school exclusions, unlawful searches & deportation.
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