Posts

"When in Rome... on Local Norms and Sentencing Decisions"

Some effective criminal justice coverage amid Reason's "Weed Week"

Can and will Kentucky's Gov pioneer a (terrific) new institution by creating a "sentencing integrity unit"?

"Quelling the Silver Tsunami: Compassionate Release of Elderly Offenders"

Reviewing Ohio's (now-suspended) execution realities

Lawyers, guns and vagueness: how will SCOTUS look to get out of this Johnson mess?

Spotlighting how reduced support for the death penalty is now a bipartisan reality

"Crimsumerism: Combating Consumer Abuses in the Criminal Legal System"

Notable account of similar states now having different approaches to parole and sentencing reforms

Notable letter from criminal justice groups calling for robust implementation of the FIRST STEP Act's prison reforms

Notably new advocacy against a "soft-on-crime prosecutorial agenda"

Fascinating map and data highlighting prevalence and intensity of marijuana's criminal enforcement footprint

"Death by Stereotype: Race, Ethnicity, and California’s Failure to Implement Furman’s Narrowing Requirement"