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Report Finds Wild Divergences in Law Enforcement Practices One Year after Prop 47

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|Date: November 12, 2015
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Report Finds Wild Divergences in Law Enforcement Practices One Year after Prop 47

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of California today released a report, Changing Gears: Californ ...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of California today released a report, Changing Gears: California’s Shift to Smart Justice, which finds both successes and challenges in Proposition 47 implem ...

November 12, 2015
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My View II: Will Reform Lead to Rising Crime Rates?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 24, 2015
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My View II: Will Reform Lead to Rising Crime Rates?

In recent weeks, we have seen arguments claiming that reforms like Proposition 47 and AB 109 in Californi ...

In recent weeks, we have seen arguments claiming that reforms like Proposition 47 and AB 109 in California have reversed long-standing trends of falling crime rates. At the same time, many have argue ...

October 24, 2015
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President Obama Defends Black Lives Matter

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|Date: October 23, 2015
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President Obama Defends Black Lives Matter

President Obama talked with Bill Keller of the Marshall Project on the criminal justice system. He said T ...

President Obama talked with Bill Keller of the Marshall Project on the criminal justice system. He said Thursday “that the Black Lives Matter movement had given voice to the anger and discontent over ...

October 23, 2015
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A Conservative Case For Criminal Justice Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 07, 2015
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A Conservative Case For Criminal Justice Reform

As Senator Mike Lee put it, “Most people, including many conservatives, might think criminal justice refo ...

As Senator Mike Lee put it, “Most people, including many conservatives, might think criminal justice reform is a progressive cause, not a conservative one.” He argues that “this is simply untrue.” The ...

October 07, 2015
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Senate Unveils Bipartisan Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 05, 2015
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Senate Unveils Bipartisan Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act

This past week, a bipartisan group of Senators unveiled a plan that could represent a major reform the na ...

This past week, a bipartisan group of Senators unveiled a plan that could represent a major reform the nation’s criminal justice system. It would give judges and courts more discretion in doling ou ...

October 05, 2015
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Eye on the Courts: Changing Landscape for the Judicial System on Death Penalty, Police, Incarceration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2015
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Eye on the Courts: Changing Landscape for the Judicial System on Death Penalty, Police, Incarceration

Federal Appeals Court Hears Arguments on the Constitutionality of California’s Death Penalty Last year, U ...

Federal Appeals Court Hears Arguments on the Constitutionality of California’s Death Penalty Last year, U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney declared California’s system of capital punishment unconstitut ...

September 01, 2015
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Sunday Commentary II: All Lives Matter, But That Ignores the Problem

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 16, 2015
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Sunday Commentary II: All Lives Matter, But That Ignores the Problem

For years the answer given to claims about racism, hiring and pay discrepancies, and the like has been to ...

For years the answer given to claims about racism, hiring and pay discrepancies, and the like has been to assert that we need a colorblind society. The problem is that you cannot create a colorblind s ...

August 16, 2015
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Padilla’s Decision, to End Appeal of Court Case, Allows Restoration of Voting Rights to Felons in California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 07, 2015
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Padilla’s Decision, to End Appeal of Court Case, Allows Restoration of Voting Rights to Felons in California

Last year, the Alameda Superior Court concluded that low-level offenders who are subject to mandatory sup ...

Last year, the Alameda Superior Court concluded that low-level offenders who are subject to mandatory supervision or post-release community supervision under the Public Safety Realignment Act are elig ...

August 07, 2015
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Eye on the Courts: Fixing Our Criminal Justice System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 03, 2015
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Eye on the Courts: Fixing Our Criminal Justice System

Last week, we reported on research from University of Michigan economics professor Michael Mueller-Smith ...

Last week, we reported on research from University of Michigan economics professor Michael Mueller-Smith who, upon examining court records from Harris County, Texas, from 1980 to 2009 found that each ...

August 03, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts: How Mass Incarceration Causes More Crime Than It Prevents

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 27, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts: How Mass Incarceration Causes More Crime Than It Prevents

The argument against reforming the system of mass incarceration has been that it may be expensive and at ...

The argument against reforming the system of mass incarceration has been that it may be expensive and at times imposes unfair sentences, but it has reduced crime. However, a new paper from University ...

July 27, 2015
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Eye on the Courts: Obama’s Turn on Mass Incarceration and Social Justice Issues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 20, 2015
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Eye on the Courts: Obama’s Turn on Mass Incarceration and Social Justice Issues

As I have stated many times on this site, I was expecting a lot more of President Obama on issues of race ...

As I have stated many times on this site, I was expecting a lot more of President Obama on issues of race and mass incarceration than what we got in his first term to term and a half of office. We hav ...

July 20, 2015
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President Obama Takes on Mass Incarceration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 18, 2015
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President Obama Takes on Mass Incarceration

President Obama is using the tail end of his presidency to address a number of long-vexing problems. In r ...

President Obama is using the tail end of his presidency to address a number of long-vexing problems. In recent years, concern over the rise of mass incarceration and its impact on poverty and standard ...

July 18, 2015
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Sunday Commentary: Report Finding 95% of Prosecutors Are White Punctuates Inequality in System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 12, 2015
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Sunday Commentary: Report Finding 95% of Prosecutors Are White Punctuates Inequality in System

Last summer, following the death of Michael Brown, it was reported that while two-thirds of Ferguson resi ...

Last summer, following the death of Michael Brown, it was reported that while two-thirds of Ferguson residents are black, 95 percent of the officers are white. The Washington Post reported, “Across t ...

July 12, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Judge Speaks Out Against Mass Incarceration

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|Date: April 15, 2015
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Judge Speaks Out Against Mass Incarceration

By Jed S. Rakoff, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York I have read with great intere ...

By Jed S. Rakoff, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York I have read with great interest the brilliant essay on Lawyers as Professionals and Citizens by Ben Heineman, Bill Lee, and ...

April 15, 2015
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Making Sensible Sentencing Laws

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 26, 2015
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Making Sensible Sentencing Laws

Last week, we covered Marc Mauer’s proposal where he asserted that they should cap sentences to 20 years ...

Last week, we covered Marc Mauer’s proposal where he asserted that they should cap sentences to 20 years in prison “except for individuals who present an undue risk to public safety.” The core of his ...

March 26, 2015
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Can Capping Prison Sentences Reduce Mass Incarceration?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 18, 2015
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Can Capping Prison Sentences Reduce Mass Incarceration?

Last week, Marc Mauer, executive director of the Sentencing Project, in testimony before the Justice Depa ...

Last week, Marc Mauer, executive director of the Sentencing Project, in testimony before the Justice Department’s Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections, said that they should cap sentences ...

March 18, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Study Finds Mass Incarceration Not Behind Crime Drop

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 24, 2015
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Eye on the Courts: Study Finds Mass Incarceration Not Behind Crime Drop

In the last few years there has been a strong pushback over what has become known as mass incarceration – ...

In the last few years there has been a strong pushback over what has become known as mass incarceration – where the U.S. has the highest incarceration rates in the world, and prison populations have r ...

February 24, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Reforms and the Changing Views on Crime and Punishment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 10, 2015
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Eye on the Courts: Reforms and the Changing Views on Crime and Punishment

My last two days in court, I observed a couple of interesting things that relate to recent reforms in the ...

My last two days in court, I observed a couple of interesting things that relate to recent reforms in the criminal justice system, as well as the changing views on crime and punishment. On Friday, I w ...

February 10, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Can School Choice Really Impact the School to Prison Pipeline?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 28, 2015
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Can School Choice Really Impact the School to Prison Pipeline?

Earlier this week, Gloria Romero, a former majority leader in the California Senate and director of the C ...

Earlier this week, Gloria Romero, a former majority leader in the California Senate and director of the California Center for Parent Empowerment, and RiShawn Biddle, editor of Dropout Nation, describe ...

January 28, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Mass Incarceration Is One of the Most Pressing Civil Rights Issues Today

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|Date: January 24, 2015
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Mass Incarceration Is One of the Most Pressing Civil Rights Issues Today

The disproportionate incarceration rate of minorities in general, and blacks in particular, is one of the ...

The disproportionate incarceration rate of minorities in general, and blacks in particular, is one of the most pressing civil rights issues of our time. A new EPI report argues that the United States ...

January 24, 2015
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