Policing: A Public Good Gone Bad | Boston Review

Policing: A Public Good Gone Bad from Boston Review. Policing as we know it must be abolished before it can be transformed.
— Read on bostonreview.net/law-justice/tracey-l-meares-policing-public-good-gone-bad

“Abolish the police” Idea Is Inspiring Some Criminal-Justice Activists

“Abolish the police” Idea Is Inspiring Some Criminal-Justice Activists
— Read on www.city-journal.org/abolish-police-call-to-action

Report to the United Nations on Racial Disparities in the U.S. Criminal Justice System | The Sentencing Project

Report to the United Nations on Racial Disparities in the U.S. Criminal Justice System | The Sentencing Project
— Read on www.sentencingproject.org/publications/un-report-on-racial-disparities/

Research Aims to Illuminate the Impact of New York’s Sweeping Bail Reform | Arnold Ventures

I hope there is some serious research following these changes. Most of these reforms are counterintuitive any will be worse to victims of crime.

Arnold Ventures is committing $5.5 million to help four expert organizations — CUNY’s Institute for State and Local Governance (ISLG), the Vera Institute of Justice, the Data Collaborative for Justice (DCJ), and the New York City Criminal Justice Agency (CJA) — document how statewide changes to the criminal justice system are implemented amid a challenging landscape.
— Read on www.arnoldventures.org/stories/as-new-york-enacts-sweeping-bail-reform-arnold-ventures-is-supporting-a-5-5-million-research-and-implementation-initiative

National Partnership for Pretrial Justice

National Partnership for Pretrial Justice
— Read on www.pretrialpartnership.org/

Black Lives Matter organizer sued by injured Baton Rouge cop asks Supreme Court to defend protest rights | Courts | theadvocate.com

Is there a difference between protest and riot? When does a protest become illegal? A rock thrown by protesters injuring anyone should make the protest illegal. At that moment must the protest end?

A civil rights group is urging the nation’s highest court to overturn a lower-court ruling that said a Black Lives Matter organizer has no First Amendment defense to a lawsuit
— Read on www.theadvocate.com/content/tncms/live/

New Academic Report Dismisses Significance of Gangs Threat in NY

New Academic Report Dismisses Significance of Gangs Threat in NY
— Read on www.city-journal.org/nyc-gangs-violent-crime

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) – Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 2016 – Statistical Tables

Presents data from 83 federal law enforcement agencies that employed full-time officers with authority to make arrests and carry firearms.
— Read on www.bjs.gov/index.cfm

How a Phone Changed My Life on Death Row | The Marshall Project

“I felt like a virgin on my wedding night — eager to put this thing to use, not sure if it’ll hurt.”
— Read on www.themarshallproject.org/2016/10/06/how-a-phone-changed-my-life-on-death-row

What mercy in the criminal justice system could look like | The Christian Century

What if all were extended the gift of a second chance?
— Read on www.christiancentury.org/article/publisher/what-mercy-criminal-justice-system-could-look