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Bipartisan Coalition Calls on President Trump to Commute Federal Prison Sentences for Populations Most Vulnerable to Coronavirus

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|Date: March 25, 2020
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Bipartisan Coalition Calls on President Trump to Commute Federal Prison Sentences for Populations Most Vulnerable to Coronavirus

(The following is a letter from a group of criminal justice reform groups seeking the President to Commut ...

(The following is a letter from a group of criminal justice reform groups seeking the President to Commute Federal sentences for vulnerable federal prison populations - signers at the end). On behalf ...

March 25, 2020
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Reconsidering Who Is Kept In Prison: Considering Second Look Legislation

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|Date: December 12, 2019
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Reconsidering Who Is Kept In Prison: Considering Second Look Legislation

By Danielle Silva The Justice Collaborative hosted a webinar on Second Look Legislation, methods that off ...

By Danielle Silva The Justice Collaborative hosted a webinar on Second Look Legislation, methods that offer alternatives to incarceration early or later on in prison sentences. Second Look Legislation ...

December 12, 2019
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The Way Forward against Death by Incarceration in Pennsylvania

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|Date: November 19, 2019
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The Way Forward against Death by Incarceration in Pennsylvania

by Vaidya Gullapalli Yesterday, the Philadelphia Inquirer editorial board looked at two overlapping injus ...

by Vaidya Gullapalli Yesterday, the Philadelphia Inquirer editorial board looked at two overlapping injustices in Pennsylvania: the large number of people sentenced to die in prison and the use of thi ...

November 19, 2019
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Racial Impact Statements Help Prevent Regressive Criminal Justice Reform

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|Date: October 27, 2019
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Racial Impact Statements Help Prevent Regressive Criminal Justice Reform

By Danielle Eden Silva While criminal justice reform is usually associated with being progressive, some l ...

By Danielle Eden Silva While criminal justice reform is usually associated with being progressive, some laws continue to add to racial disparity and mass incarceration in the prison system. Racial imp ...

October 27, 2019
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Latino Youth 65% More Likely than Whites to be Incarcerated

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|Date: October 14, 2017
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Latino Youth 65% More Likely than Whites to be Incarcerated

A new fact sheet from The Sentencing Project highlights the persistence of incarceration disparities amon ...

A new fact sheet from The Sentencing Project highlights the persistence of incarceration disparities among youth of color. Latino youth are 65 percent more likely than white youth to be detained or c ...

October 14, 2017
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Jeff Sessions Wants a New War on Drugs – It Won’t Work

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|Date: June 24, 2017
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Jeff Sessions Wants a New War on Drugs – It Won’t Work

By David Cole and Marc Mauer Attorney General Jeff Sessions is right to be concerned about recent increas ...

By David Cole and Marc Mauer Attorney General Jeff Sessions is right to be concerned about recent increases in violent crime in some of our nation’s largest cities, as well as a tragic rise in drug ov ...

June 24, 2017
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Report to Committee on Elimination of Racial Disparities in US Criminal Justice System

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|Date: July 12, 2014
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Report to Committee on Elimination of Racial Disparities in US Criminal Justice System

Established in 1986, The Sentencing Project works for a fair and effective U.S. criminal justice system b ...

Established in 1986, The Sentencing Project works for a fair and effective U.S. criminal justice system by promoting reforms in sentencing policy, addressing unjust racial disparities and practices, a ...

July 12, 2014
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Commentary: College Education and Life Expectancy Linkages – Two Americas, Those Who Have and Those Who Do Not Have

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 219: Danielle Harris, Vanguard Justice Award Winner

VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: What They See

Deep Dive into Louisiana’s Death Row Statistics and Examination of Five Clemency Petitions Scheduled for Review in October

COURT WATCH: Big Questions in DUI Trial – Inconsistent Tech, Faulty Tests, Another CHP Officer without Body Cam Footage Testifies in One-Eyed Man’s Case

COURT WATCH: Public Defender Files Second Racial Justice Act Motion for Black Accused – Cites Prosecution Due to ‘Racial Animus’

Subcommittee Proposes Changes to ‘Rubric’ Formula

Man Dies in Hail of Sacramento Police Bullets – NAACP Branch Demands Independent Investigation, Calls Shooting Death ‘Not an Accident’

Prominent Black, LGBTQ, and Elected Leaders on Appointment of Laphonza Butler to U.S. Senate

Bipartisan Coalition Calls on President Trump to Commute Federal Prison Sentences for Populations Most Vulnerable to Coronavirus

Bipartisan Coalition Calls on President Trump to Commute Federal Prison Sentences for Populations Most Vulnerable to Coronavirus

Reconsidering Who Is Kept In Prison: Considering Second Look Legislation

Reconsidering Who Is Kept In Prison: Considering Second Look Legislation

The Way Forward against Death by Incarceration in Pennsylvania

The Way Forward against Death by Incarceration in Pennsylvania

Racial Impact Statements Help Prevent Regressive Criminal Justice Reform

Racial Impact Statements Help Prevent Regressive Criminal Justice Reform

Latino Youth 65% More Likely than Whites to be Incarcerated

Latino Youth 65% More Likely than Whites to be Incarcerated

Jeff Sessions Wants a New War on Drugs – It Won’t Work

Jeff Sessions Wants a New War on Drugs – It Won’t Work

Report to Committee on Elimination of Racial Disparities in US Criminal Justice System

Report to Committee on Elimination of Racial Disparities in US Criminal Justice System

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