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 142 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 61 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 252 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 162 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 162 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 42 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 223 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 152 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 133 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 232 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 93 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 12 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 301 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 172 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 292 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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Crime and Justice News
Mar 121 min read
Will New Utah Laws Curb Repeat Crime, Add To Mass Incarceration?
Utah lawmakers passed 35 bills this session that either created a new criminal offense, expanded the definition of a current crime or...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 112 min read
Some States, Cities Reverse Criminal Justice Reforms
Less than four years after George Floyd's murder prompted a mass awakening to the inequities of the criminal justice system, politicians...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 262 min read
New Trial Ahead In S.F. Fatal Crash That Helped Lead To DA's Ouster
On December 31, 2020, Troy McAlister drove a stolen car through a red light in San Francisco and hit another vehicle. The collision sent...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 211 min read
Louisiana Heading For Harsher Carjacking Penalties
In the moments before Linda Frickey was dragged to her death during a fatal 2022 carjacking, the 73-year-old had been sitting in her...
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