New Efforts To Involve Communities In Attacking Crime Hot Spots
More than two dozen people sat around a conference table in the working-class city of Newark, poring over crime statistics and pondering...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 18, 20232 min read
D.C. Criminal Code Revised To Soften Violent Crime Penalties
The District of Columbia City Council voted to force through revisions of the district's criminal code that will soften penalties on...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 10, 20232 min read
Brennan Center Gives Biden Mixed Report On Criminal Justice Reform
The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University gives the Biden administration a mixed report on criminal justice reform. Biden has...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 4, 20231 min read
Ohio Criminal Justice Reform Helps Ex-Prisoners Seal, Expunge Records
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a criminal justice reform bill that would make it easier for prisoners to adjust to life after their...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 4, 20232 min read
D.C. Mayor To Veto Criminal Code Reform; It May Become Law Anyway
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said she would veto an overhaul of the city’s criminal code that the D.C. Council unanimously...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 14, 20222 min read
Meek Mill Celebrates His Work Seeking Criminal Justice Change
Raised in Philadelphia, Meek Mill never attended an Eagles game growing up, much less tossed footballs inside the team’s practice...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 25, 20221 min read
D.C. Mayor Bowser Hasn't Signed Criminal Code Fix, Cites Gun Issues
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser is hesitating on whether to sign a bill into law that updates and overhauls the city's criminal...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 1, 20222 min read
D.C. Nearing Approval Of Reform Making Criminal Code Less Punitive
Washington, D.C.'s Council plans to take the first of two votes Tuesday on a massive rewrite of the city's criminal code. It would...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 29, 20222 min read
Feds Granting $57 Million to Criminal Justice Reform Efforts
The U.S. Department of Justice will award almost $57 million to support criminal justice reform and advance racial equity in the justice...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 6, 20221 min read
Brennan Center Says Justice System Driven By Need To Produce Revenue
A new report from the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, Revenue Over Public Safety: How Perverse Financial Incentives Warp...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 28, 20221 min read
Holder Says Criminal Justice Reform Has 'Regressed' Since Obama Days
The movement for criminal justice reform has "regressed" since the days of the Barack Obama administration as "polarized positions" on...
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Crime and Justice News
May 26, 20223 min read
Have Higher Crime Rates Killed The Criminal Justice Reform Movement?
For a brief period two summers ago, the U.S. seemed to be on the verge of a serious rethinking of its approach to criminal justice....
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Crime and Justice News
May 5, 20222 min read
National Justice System Metrics Will Provide More Accurate, Timely Data
The national Justice Counts initiative released a series of metrics that aim to leverage data that the sponsors say "agencies across the...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 26, 20223 min read
Orrin Hatch Was Key Figure In Criminal Justice Policy
Longtime Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), who died Saturday at 88, was a leading figure in formulating U.S. anticrime policy during his time in...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 25, 20221 min read
Criminal Justice Policy Key Issue In Race for California Attorney General
The most contentious California election in 2022 is likely to be the race for attorney general, where voters will choose in June between...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 19, 20222 min read
What Media Focus on Rap Sheets Says About Justice System Failure
After six people were shot and killed outside a bar in Sacramento this month, journalists and commentators delved into the histories of...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 6, 20221 min read
Criminal Justice Reform Continuing In States Despite Critique of Jackson
The “soft on crime” critique of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has prompted obituaries for the era of bipartisan support for criminal...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 31, 20222 min read
Do GOP Attacks on Jackson Signal Retreat On Justice Reform?
During Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing, Republicans reiterated attack lines they’ve been using on Democrats when it...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 4, 20223 min read
Panelists to Journalists: Quote Community, Not Just Cops, When Covering Violence
By Mark Obbie Criminal justice reform is "absolutely stalling out," and the blame lies with journalists who hype scary violent crimes out...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 25, 20221 min read
Biden Has Mixed Record on Justice Reform, Says Brennan Center
It is "especially disappointing" that the Biden administration has not made more progress on criminal justice reform during its first...
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