News & Commentary about Sentencing Reform
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We must reduce both the number of people entering jails and prisons and the extreme laws and policies that drive extraordinary long prison terms.
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Jun 6, 2011
The War on Drugs and the Surveillance Society
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Jun 1, 2011
The 40-Year War on Drugs: It's Not Fair, and It's Not Working.
May 19, 2011
California Sentencing Reform Should Allow the Time to Fit the Crime
Apr 20, 2011
Massachusetts High Court Limits Police Searches in Small Marijuana Cases
Apr 1, 2011
Mississippi's Vicious Cycle of Overincarceration
Mar 31, 2011
ACLU Urges U.S. Sentencing Commission to Restore Basic Fairness to Criminal Justice System
Jan 21, 2011
Harry's Law's Primetime Shout-Out for Criminal Law Reform
Nov 16, 2010
Prop. 19 Was Only the Beginning