Tag: Criminal Justice Reform

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Florida bill would give ex-convicts better shot at employment

By Andrew Powell | The Center Square Contributor · January 23, 2024 9:26 am

Convicted killers in prison could vote, serve on juries under new proposal

Carleen Johnson, The Center Square · January 22, 2024 7:31 am

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Massachusetts thinks murderers should be treated like children

Zachary Faria · January 12, 2024 2:24 pm

FILE - Yellow crime tape blocks off an area near a mall parking area where two Baltimore city police officers were shot and a suspect was killed as a U.S. Marshals' task force served a warrant, July 13, 2021, in Baltimore, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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Hot take: Violent criminals belong in jail

Zachary Faria · January 11, 2024 5:27 pm

The bipartisan movement toward criminal justice reform that seemed to be gaining ground in 2016 is, unfortunately, having a tougher time this congressional session. But there is one ray of hope amid the gridlock. The Senate moved Aug. 1 to pass S. 860, signaling a possible resolution to the 10-year battle to reauthorize the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Shop owner scores win for ex-prisoners, but hurdles remain

Washington Examiner Staff · January 11, 2024 10:41 am

Pamela Price, Alameda County District Attorney

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Alameda County DA Pamela Price has earned a recall election

Zachary Faria · January 3, 2024 6:14 pm

Gov. John Bel Edwards talks about an expected $300 million-plus surplus Louisiana will have from the last budget year, while Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne and Revenue Secretary Kimberly Robinson listen to his remarks, on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, in Baton Rouge, La.

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Criminal justice reformers can’t stop misleading the public

Zachary Faria · December 26, 2023 3:04 pm

Twelve Days of WEX-mas: Democrats rebranding candidates as tough on crime ahead of 2024 race

Barnini Chakraborty · December 26, 2023 6:00 am

A photographer with the Los Angeles Police Department, far right, documents the remains of a crime scene in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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Tough-on-crime momentum is building toward a statewide referendum in California

Zachary Faria · December 20, 2023 8:29 pm

Gov. Josh Shapiro joined by rapper Meek Mill as he signs probation reform

Misty Severi · December 16, 2023 5:05 pm

(AP Photo/TSA)

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Even Democrats have realized the danger of left-wing criminal justice policies

Christopher Tremoglie · December 12, 2023 6:40 pm

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins speaks with reporters following a court hearing for David DePape, the man accused of attacking the husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in San Francisco.

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San Francisco arrested car burglars, and car burglaries went down

Zachary Faria · December 5, 2023 7:52 pm