Complaining About Kim Kardashian West Employing A Freed Inmate As A Model Is Petty And Mean
Kim Kardashian West’s Skims advertisement featuring Alice Johnson, a former drug dealer President Trump gave clemency, brings awareness to an awful story of imprisonment and the downfalls of the justice system.
How Sicily’s War On The Mob Can Help Baltimore With Controlling Crime
It wouldn’t take increased police presence or extra force. Sicily did something right when it empowered witnesses to enforce the law, and it could work in Baltimore too.
Why The Most Likely Explanation For Epstein’s Death Is Suicide By Negligence
I think at the end of the day we will all learn that alleged child rapist Jeffrey Epstein was able to kill himself because of gross incompetence. Here’s why.
The Jeffrey Epstein Investigation Must Not End With His Death
Unthinking respect for authority, Albert Einstein said, is the greatest enemy of truth. Journalists should bring back that spirit of skepticism and get to the bottom of the Epstein death.
If You Want Public Justice, Practice Private Virtue
Justice is every bit as private as it is public. Because justice is about proper behavior in society, it also requires proper behavior as an individual.
How Capital Punishment Preserves The Value Of Human Life
Capital punishment acknowledges both the existence of objective evil and human government’s responsibility to execute justice. To conflate it with the killing of the innocent is reprehensible.
We Should Repeal The Death Penalty, But Not For The Reasons You Think
While compelling arguments abound on both sides of the capital punishment debate, this bad policy doesn’t meet any goals of the criminal justice system.
Don’t Strengthen The Death Penalty, Abolish It
In a criminal justice system subject to human error, capital punishment is the opposite of justice. The government must protect the most sacred right: life.
Cory Booker Says To White Moderates, ‘It’s Not Enough To Say You’re Not Racist’
At The Washington Post’s 2020 Candidate Forum, Cory Booker suggested that if people are not actively against racism, they are somehow complicit.
Biden: ‘Sometimes Even George Wallace Is Right’
In 1981, Joe Biden argued that segregationist George Wallace’s positions on criminal justice, rehabilitation, and the death penalty were prophetic.
California Legislature Passes Bill To Put Trans Men In Women’s Prisons, Even Rapists
There are no exceptions in the bill to make sure that men who have committed violent or sexual crimes against women are not placed in prison with women.
Kim Kardashian Praises White House, Offers Ridesharing For Former Inmates
Passing the First Step Act wasn’t about partisanship or ideology for Kim Kardashian. She had one goal in mind: pass criminal justice reform.
Ava DuVernay Refuses To Apply The Same Standards To Linda Fairstein She Wants For The Central Park Five
In ‘When They See Us,’ prosecutor Linda Fairstein is cast as the villain, but does the film take too many liberties and smear an undeserving person?
Kamala Harris Wants Us To Forget That Her Truancy Law Put Parents In Jail
Everyone be quiet about those pesky real-life effects. Her intentions were pure, after all, so who cares if a few folks were thrown in jail?
Why Bernie Sanders Is Crazy To Say Criminals Should Be Allowed To Vote From Prison
It’s absurd to allow those who are serving their sentences to directly (or indirectly) help shape the same laws that they chose to violate.
No, The American Justice System Is Not Riddled With Stupid, Corrupt Police And Prosecutors
True-crime series foster skepticism about the fairness of our criminal justice system. For all that, however, I am not convinced that it is open season on the innocent in America.
Tennessee Governor Pardons Cyntoia Brown, Who Killed Allegedly Threatening John
Cyntoia Brown been in prison for 15 years. When she is released on August 7, she will have spent nearly as much time in prison as she has spent outside of it.
FIRST STEP Act Heading To Trump’s Desk Would Reduce Federal Prison Population
The bill, which has passed House and Senate and is headed to President Trump’s desk, would be an obvious step in the right direction.
Here’s What The Media’s Not Telling You About That Lame-Duck Criminal Justice Bill
A piece of criminal justice reform legislation is percolating in Congress. Here’s a deeper dive into what might change (and what the media isn’t accurately reporting).
Restoring Voting Rights To Former Felons Will Help Them Reintegrate Into Society
How else can we fully integrate felons who have served their time back into our society? We can do better than just giving them the right to vote.
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