Tag: criminal injustice
In Seeking Rural Reform Prosecutors to “Uplift,” Don’t Set the Bar Too Low
Saying the criminal-legal system is a system like saying a forest is a tree. ...
Sex Workers No Longer Criminalized for Simply Living With HIV in Nevada
In Nevada, sex workers living with HIV have been uniquely targeted by the state, ...
Gwen Levi and the “Sentencing Goals” That Shouldn’t Apply
Around 90 percent of criminal cases are handled by county court systems, where inflexibility ...
Eric Adams as NYC Mayor: What Could It Mean for Harm Reduction?
Eric Adams—the Brooklyn borough president, former state senator and former NYPD captain—is now the ...
Like Many Drug Policy Reformers, I’m Driven by Personal Tragedy
I have a million stories about my older brother, Billy, that exemplify the harms ...
Mass. DA Exemplifies How the “Progressive Prosecutor” Tag Is Overused
During a recent webinar hosted by Prosecutorial Performance Indicators, an organization that encourages better ...
Is the Tide Turning Against Public Sex Offender Registries?
On June 8, the American Law Institute, arguably the most prestigious non-governmental law reform ...
Federal Watchdog: FOSTA Isn’t Even Useful for Law Enforcement
From the get-go, sex worker activists knew nothing good would come from FOSTA, a ...
Biden Vows to End Racist Crack Cocaine Sentencing That He Helped Establish
The Biden administration has again voiced support for ending a law that punishes possession ...
Support. Don’t Punish—A Call to Reject the World’s Brutal Drug War
On June 4, Chandran Vithushan, a young man in Sri Lanka, was buried by ...
