Douglas Cogan

Illinois Gov pardons more than 11,000 people convicted of low-level marijuana crimes

Looking back on state criminal justice reform and significant reporting of 2019

Seeing the human stories behind the reform numbers one year after passage of the FIRST STEP Act

Split Second Circuit panel finds 17-year (way-below-guideline) prison sentence in terrorism case substantively unreasonable

"Attorney General Barr wrong about role of prosecutors. Tough-on-crime stance stunts progress."

Fitting criticisms of unfit attack on Washington DC's proposed Second Look Amendment Act

"Victims' Rights from a Restorative Perspective"

Tennessee Criminal Justice Investment Task Force releases extensive report with extensive criminal justice reform recommendations for the Volunteer State

"An Intellectual History of Mass Incarceration"

Two modern takes on the modern politics of criminal justice reform

Alice Marie Johnson and Mark Holden provide their perspective on FIRST STEP and next steps

Another round of headlines highlighting continuing controversies surrounding former Kentucky Gov Bevin's pardon flourish

Noticing that little has been done since Prez Trump's executive order to establish a "Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice"

Some (incomplete) metrics as we reach the one-year anniversary of the FIRST STEP Act becoming law

Fair Chance Act, serving to "ban the box" for the federal hiring process, becoming law as part of military spending bill

"Punishing Pill Mill Doctors: Sentencing Disparities in the Opioid Epidemic"

Marshall Project and New York Times examining challenges for families of incarcerated persons

Might execution woes really lead Ohio's (deep red) General Assembly to repeal the death penalty?

Split Second Circuit panel grants feds request for mandamus to preclude a jury nullification instruction in child porn case involving 15-year mandatory minimum

After serving more than 13 years in federal prison, former WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers secures compassionate release thanks to FIRST STEP Act

Drug Policy Alliance releases big new report titled "Rethinking the 'Drug Dealer'"

SCOTUS grants cert on a couple more criminal justice matters to round out 2019

AG William Barr announces "Operation Relentless Pursuit" to combat violent crime in seven US cities