Tag: mass incarceration
Hundreds of Drug War Prisoners in WA Can Now Apply for Commutation
The governor of Washington State on Monday unveiled a new process through which hundreds ...
White House: Biden Considering Clemency for Nonviolent Federal Drug Convictions
President Joe Biden is looking into using his executive authority to grant clemency to ...
Missouri POs Sending People to Prison for Being Medical Marijuana Patients
On June 23, 29-year-old Ray Breer walked through the gates of the Western Reception ...
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. ...
Gwen Levi and the “Sentencing Goals” That Shouldn’t Apply
Around 90 percent of criminal cases are handled by county court systems, where inflexibility ...
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 ...
Alvin Bragg Likely to Be Manhattan’s Next DA: What Are the Implications?
The Democratic primary for Manhattan’s next district attorney was a big mess. Leading up ...
What Would It Have Taken to “Stop Singas”?
On June 8, reporter Sam Mellins tweeted a photo of a January 6, 1999 ...
First All-Drug Decriminalization Bill to Be Introduced in Congress
On June 15, ahead of the 50th anniversary of Nixon’s declaration of the “War ...
Prosecutors Don’t Just Enforce Laws—They Lobby Hard to Make Them
Prosecutors are famous for saying they don’t make the law, they only enforce it. ...
