Category Archives: Criminal Justice Reform
Criminal Justice Reform, Reduction of Prison Population in Doubt
Criminal sentencing is a flawed process. The question is what to do about it. This is a difficult question, especially when there is no…
Gov. Christie’s Spite Thwarts US Attorney Appointment
Christie’s Spiteful History Thwarts US Attorney Appointment President-elect Donald Trump has made at least one decent decision since his election: he did not give…
Civil Rights Case Will Proceed Against Officers Who Shot Mentally Ill Woman
Police are trained to “shoot to stop.” This means rapid fire “center mass” into the chest of someone who may be posing a threat…
New Sheriff in Town Declares Bail System Unconstitutional
This past September the Texas Fair Defense Project, the law firm of Susan Godfrey (Houston), and the Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, Equal Justice Under…
Racism and Human Indifference Leads to Unnecessary Jail Deaths
Sandra Bland was arrested for a minor traffic violation by a Texas state trooper in Waller County in July 2015. She was placed in…
Rural and Suburban Counties Set New “Tough on Crime” Agenda
Crime reached unprecedented levels in the 1980s and early 1990s before it began a precipitous decline beginning in 1995. Experts from every field in…
Should A Registered Sex Offender Have Access to Social Media? Supreme Court May Decide
The State of North Carolina does not believe registered sex offenders should enjoy access to social media. State lawmakers made this clear in 2008…
Excessive Bail in Texas
On August 11, 2016, the Fourteenth Court of Appeal, based in Houston, issued an opinion in Ex parte Donaldson[1] that set out the legal…
Texas Bail System Indicted in Scathing Report
The Texas Judicial Council (TJC) in 2015 established a “Criminal Justice Committee” to study bail practices in the state. The Committee recently released its…
Police Shootings, Abuse and The Mentally Ill
The killing of a mentally ill, 66-year old, African American woman by police has been officially criticized as violating NYPD police policy. Deborah Danner…
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