About: Alec Karakatsanis

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Alec Karakatsanis (born November 7, 1983) is an American civil rights lawyer, social justice advocate, co-founder of Equal Justice Under Law, and founder and Executive Director of , a Washington D.C. impact litigation nonprofit. Karakatsanis' recent work has targeted the American monetary bail system. Karakatsanis' stated interests are in ending American mass incarceration, drug crimes, surveillance, the death penalty, immigration laws, war, and inequality. He also opposes copaganda.

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  • Alec Karakatsanis (born November 7, 1983) is an American civil rights lawyer, social justice advocate, co-founder of Equal Justice Under Law, and founder and Executive Director of , a Washington D.C. impact litigation nonprofit. Karakatsanis' recent work has targeted the American monetary bail system. Karakatsanis' stated interests are in ending American mass incarceration, drug crimes, surveillance, the death penalty, immigration laws, war, and inequality. He also opposes copaganda. In 2016, Karakatsanis was awarded the Stephen B. Bright Award by Gideon's Promise and the Trial Lawyer of the Year Award by Public Justice. In explaining their rationale, Public Justice declared Karakatsanis to be "setting the precedent for a new era of criminal justice reform in the age of mass incarceration." (en)
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  • Alec Karakatsanis (born November 7, 1983) is an American civil rights lawyer, social justice advocate, co-founder of Equal Justice Under Law, and founder and Executive Director of , a Washington D.C. impact litigation nonprofit. Karakatsanis' recent work has targeted the American monetary bail system. Karakatsanis' stated interests are in ending American mass incarceration, drug crimes, surveillance, the death penalty, immigration laws, war, and inequality. He also opposes copaganda. (en)
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