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Jun 2, 2016    |    News

Republican Party Leading The Effort On Criminal Justice Reform

by Cathrine Dunn

The Republican National Committee has passed a resolution calling for reducing the number of nonviolent offenders in prison, among other criminal justice reforms. If the resolution is again approved at the Republican National Convention, criminal…

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Jun 1, 2016    |    News

Teresa Robertson: A bipartisan sentencing reform bill

by Teresa Robertson

Last October, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced S. 2123, the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015, with 11 bipartisan cosponsors. With more than one-third of senators now signed onto this bill, it should be…

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Jun 1, 2016    |    Blog Post

State Viewpoints: Now Is The Time To Pass The Sentencing Reform And Corrections Act

New York Times Editorial: “In Congress, however, some recalcitrant lawmakers still cling to outdated or incorrect beliefs about crime and punishment in America. They need to pay close attention to the ingenuity and the record…

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Jun 1, 2016    |    News

States Lead the Way on Justice Reform

by The Editorial Board

In New Jersey, voters and lawmakers gave judges more power to release low-risk defendants who can’t afford bail, letting them go home rather than sit in jail while they await trial. In Idaho, a new…

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May 27, 2016    |    News

Editorial: Put 17-year-olds in juvenile justice system

by Editorial Board

It’s time to protect our children and give them the best chance to turn their lives around. We urge state legislators to support SB 324, a bill proposed by Sen. J.P. Morrell, D-New Orleans, that would…

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May 27, 2016    |    News

Criminal justice reform sees real progress

by Jimmy LeBlanc

Years of progress reforming Louisiana’s criminal justice system is bringing real results, and we are now on the precipice of true systematic change to our justice system that could make Louisiana a model for the…

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May 25, 2016    |    News

Sentencing reform needed for nonviolent offenders

by Joseph Lahr

As someone who worked nearly my entire career as a correctional officer in Dauphin County prison, I saw first hand the effects of mandatory minimums and recidivism based upon an inability for many individuals to…

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May 25, 2016    |    News

Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act is smart justice

by Reggie Garcia

The bipartisan Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015, of which Sen. Bill Nelson is a co-sponsor, is an important step in making federal sentencing guidelines fit crimes. The federal government has a duty to…

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May 25, 2016    |    News

Dear Sen. Cotton, America does not have an “under-incarceration” problem

by Annamarie Rienzi

Our criminal justice system is broken. We regularly send people to jail for unnecessarily long periods of time for nonviolent, largely drug related, crimes. These sentences cause lasting damage even after a prisoner is released.…

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May 25, 2016    |    News

Political, Faith Leaders Call for Criminal Justice Reform

If there’s one political topic that doesn’t seem to be driving a wedge between Americans in this heated election cycle, it’s criminal justice reform. The issue has received attention from the president, federal lawmakers, and…

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