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Crime and Justice News Archive
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 132 min read
State Tough On Crime Approach 'Back In Political Favor'
Within minutes of his inauguration Monday, new Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe is expected to issue a variety of orders targeting crime. The...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 30, 20243 min read
Will Backlash To Criminal Justice Reform Persist Under Trump?
The spike in crime rates prompted by the 2020 pandemic cemented the backlash to progressive criminal justice reform. Lawmakers from both...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 12, 20243 min read
The Often-Invisible Defendants Who Move Directly to Sentencing After ‘Noncompliance’ in Court Diversion
In recent years, justice reformers have called for increasing alternatives to incarceration, including drug treatment programs. But...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 22, 20242 min read
Why Do Californians Feel Unsafe Even If Crime Totals Are Down?
California voters rolled back a number of criminal justice reforms this month. Los Angeles County ousted District Attorney George...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 19, 20242 min read
Votes In Both Blue, Red States Show Shift Away From Justice Reforms
Votes on seven ballot measures in Arizona, California and Colorado reflect a stricter approach to crime, with voters and policymakers...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 14, 20242 min read
CA Retreat on Criminal Reform More Nuanced Than Radical
Despite major losses in last week's election, advocates on both sides of California criminal justice policy warn against seeing the...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 6, 20241 min read
CA Approves Prop 36, Which May Increase Prison Population
California voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure to reverse course on progressive criminal justice reform, cracking down on...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 25, 20242 min read
Report: Crime Doesn’t Increase Under Pro-Reform Prosecutors
Because some people believe that pro-reform strategies drive increases in crime, Brennan Center researchers evaluated those claims,...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 16, 20242 min read
30 Years After Federal Crime Law, Has 'Carrot-Stick' Scheme Worked?
Thirty years ago, President Bill Clinton signed what amounted to the biggest federal intervention in crime and justice in a generation....
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 16, 20242 min read
Newsom Likens Tough-On-Crime Measure To Nixon Drug War
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is trying to defeat a tough-on-crime ballot initiative by convincing voters it would mark a return to the...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 4, 20242 min read
The State Of Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform
In the summer of 2020, as millions of people demonstrated for racial justice following the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police,...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 22, 20243 min read
Presidential Candidates Rely on Different Crime Data, Avoid Mention of Justice Reform
Two recent Washington Post opinion pieces parse the discussion of crime in the presidential race, which has thus far largely focused on...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 15, 20242 min read
California Democrats Split Over Tough-On-Crime Initiative
To see where California Democrats stand on the tough-on-crime Proposition 36, look at where they sit. On one side of the ballot-measure...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 13, 20243 min read
Fight Crime By Dropping Ineffective Punitive Policies, Travis Urges
The U.S. has an "unprecedented opportunity to usher in a new approach to crime" but only if the nation comes to terms "with the damage...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 23, 20242 min read
Will Californians' Frustration Lead To Tougher Crime Approach?
Deodorant, shampoo and underwear are under lock and key in many stores in California. Retail clerks are often told to ignore shoplifters...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 9, 20243 min read
New Panel Focuses On Challenges Of Women In Justice System
Women are as likely as men to be victims of violent crime. They account for more than a quarter of adult arrests. The rate of women’s...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 1, 20242 min read
Left, Right Agree: Justice System Is Flawed By Bias, Political Agendas
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked by CNN, “Do you have confidence in the Supreme Court?” “No,” she said. “I think they have...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 30, 20241 min read
California Dem Backs Initiative To Roll Back Prop 47's Penalty Cuts
Another powerful California Democrat broke ranks with party brass and endorsed a November ballot initiative that would increase prison...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 17, 20242 min read
Criminal Justice Reformer Herb Hoelter Dies At 73
Herb Hoelter, a criminal justice advocate who believed in second chances, died last month at 73. His daughter, Katie, said her father was...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 29, 20242 min read
CA Crime Measure Gets 'Unheard Of' Support, 900,000 Signatures
A measure to reform a California's crime law that reduces penalties for minor theft and drug possession will appear on the November...
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