Aram Byer James

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Aram Byer James is a former Santa Clara County, CA Assistant Public Defender, police watchdog, social activist, and civil rights attorney.Myths and Realities of Crime and Justice: What Every American Should Know, Steven Barkan, George Bryjak, p. 202, {{ISBN|0763755745}}, {{ISBN|978-0763755744}}Palo Alto chief approves profiling, ABC News, Friday, October 31, 2008Police watchdog threatens lawsuit, Bill D'Agostino, Palo Alto Weekly, Wednesday, April 6, 2005Public Eye: Judging the Judges [http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/10.17.02/public-eye-0242.html], Metro Silicon Valley, 10-17-02Palo Alto police chief releases minutes of racial profiling meetings, Will Oremus, San Jose Mercury News, 02/18/2010Palo Alto may look outside department for new top cop, Will Oremus, San Jose Mercury News, 03/21/2009Poster eye-catching... when seen: Civil rights initiative, San Jose Mercury News, August 21, 1996, p. 1BCivil Disobedience and the Necessity Defense Vehicle Habitation Legal Fund, Mark Petersen-Perez, Palo Alto Free Press, May 29, 2013Palo Alto delays debate on vehicle-dwelling ban, Palo Alto Weekly, Jul 20, 2011Tales From A Trial, Raj Jayadev, Metro Silicon Valley, 1-16-2008 As an expert on the defense of necessity, he headed the team of attorneys defending Stanford University students and professors arrested in anti-apartheid protests in 1980’s.15 Stanford Protestors Jailed for Anti-Apartheid Sit-ins, San Jose Mercury News, 4-18-1986, 1B LocalIn re Weller (1985) 164 Cal. App. 3d 44 [210 Cal. Rptr. 130]James v. San Jose Mercury News, Inc. (1993), 17 Cal. App. 4th 1 [20 Cal. Rptr. 2d 890] He is an advocate of jury nullification, educator in the use of the Marsden Motion to fire ineffective public defenders, a critic of the prison industrial complex, and critic of police use of tasers and racial profiling.Taser recommendation delayed - Instead, Task Force hears from Taser-sponsored doctor, ACLU, and activist Aram James, Becky Trout, Palo Alto Weekly, March 28, 2007Tasers:Are They a Viable Option?, East Palo Alto Today, May 3, 2011Take Back Our Criminal Justice System, Use Jury Nullification, Aram James, Albert Cobarrubias Justice Project, May 8, 2012The California Public Defender: Its Origins, Evolution and Decline; Laurence A. Benner, 5 Cal. Legal Hist. 173 (2010)De-bug's role as legal watchdog grows, Tracey Kaplan, San Jose Mercury News, 4-4-2010D.A. Confidential - What the Merc's much-heralded 'Tainted Trials, Stolen Justice' series didn't say about the District Attorney's office, Vrinda Normand, San Jose Metro, 4-12-2006New Jail Plans Advance, Ryan Mcarthy, Palo Alto Daily Post, 10-5-2011Ray Samuels: A Police Chief and Leader Who Championed Rights For All, Aram James Bio, Silicon Valley Debug, 3-6-2012Police Activism in San Jose, Peter MaidenCharged Debate, Marty Levine, Pittsburgh City Paper, 11-15-2007