The Decriminalizing Artistic Expression Act restricts the use of rap lyrics during criminal trials ... expression and ensure that artists are not criminalized under biased policies." ...

Gavin Newsom signed a landmark bill restricting the use of rap lyrics as evidence in court ... creative expression and ensure that artists are not criminalized under biased policies." ...

Now, RICO laws allow prosecutors to use rap lyrics as evidence to implicate a collective of Black ... were indicted on RICO charges. Not only does this take the criminalization of rap to boundless ...

In “the second such case it’s ever had to consider”, The Washington Post reported at the time, the court ruled that rap lyrics should not have been used as evidence against Vonte Skinner ...

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“Jurisdictions across the country have already taken steps to limit the use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal ... reliable, and does not perpetuate bias. By urging the Georgia General ...