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Crime and Justice News
Mar 12, 20241 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 11, 20242 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 26, 20242 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 21, 20241 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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Crime and Justice News
Feb 19, 20242 min read
LA Gov Seeks To Reverse Justice Reforms in Special Session
Gov. Jeff Landry will get his first opportunity to unwind Louisiana’s landmark criminal justice overhaul from 2017 this week when...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 5, 20242 min read
D.C. Leaders Grapple With Omnibus Get-Tough Anticrime Bill
Amid a sharp increase in violence in Washington, D.C., including more homicides in 2023 than in any year since 1997, local officials are...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 26, 20242 min read
Kentucky House Passes Crime Bill Imposing Tougher Sentences
The Kentucky House passed criminal justice legislation on Thursday that would impose tougher sentences, including a “three-strikes”...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 15, 20232 min read
PA Allows Courts to Seal More Criminal Files, Reforms Probation
More Pennsylvania criminal records can be sealed from public view and fewer people might be kept on probation or in county jails under...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 14, 20232 min read
How Conservative Governor Cut Prisoner Totals, Boosted Rehab
Public safety and criminal justice reform are not mutually exclusive, says Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt. Oklahoma has not been regarded as a...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 4, 20231 min read
How An Advocacy Group Would Cut Numbers 'Needlessly' Imprisoned
As legislators prepare to return to state capitols for their 2024 sessions, the advocacy organization Prison Policy Initiative (PPI)...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 30, 20232 min read
D.C. Residents Criticize Aspects Of Mayor Bowser's Bill to Fight Crime
Dozens of Washington, D.C., residents, business owners, and activists on Wednesday sounded off at a hearing on a crime and policing bill...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 22, 20231 min read
Op-ed: Criminal Justice Reforms Aren't Driving Crime Increases
Though some critics pointed to criminal-justice reforms when crime rose during the pandemic, they were wrong, write Lauren-Brooke Eisen...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 23, 20232 min read
‘Safer San Francisco’ Proposal Gets Some Progressive Backlash
San Francisco Mayor London Breed’s new proposal to increase police power in the city is provoking backlash from some progressive groups....
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 19, 20231 min read
Colorado Gov. Polis To Replace Criminal Justice Policy Commission
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has created a working group tasked with replacing the Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice,...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 26, 20232 min read
Manhattan Institute's Lehman: Use 'Sentinel Cities' To Get Crime Data
In 2018, President Trump signed the First Step Act, a law intended to improve prison conditions and get more people out of custody...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 22, 20232 min read
How Criminal Justice Research Can Be The Basis For Serious Reforms
A wide gap remains between criminal justice research and justice-system policymaking, but there are some signs of progress, says Michael...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 4, 20232 min read
A Call To Reduce The 'Reliance On Extreme Sentencing'
After 50 years of mass incarceration, the U.S. faces a reckoning, argues The Sentencing Project in a new review. While crime is far below...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 31, 20232 min read
Some Reform Advocates Criticize New NY Criminal Justice Council
After New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s creation of a council to recommend measures to improve the state’s criminal justice system, local...
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By Ted Gest
Jul 27, 20232 min read
State Leaders Urged To Take Leadership Role In Crime Fighting
State criminal justice leaders were encouraged on Wednesday to take a more active role in fighting crime and reforming the criminal...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 27, 20231 min read
Advocates Say Justice Reforms Shouldn't 'Carve Out' Crime Types
Criminal legal system reforms are being introduced at a rapid pace across the nation, often with the stated goal of reducing prison and...
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