“Nothing short of an extrajudicial campaign of terror and kidnapping.” Improper handling of Bench Warrants?
— Read on hellgatenyc.com/nypd-extrajudicial-rikers-policy
Tag: Courts
Advancing Racial Equity: Shrinking Misdemeanor Prosecution in New York
Misdemeanors are under attack. Misdemeanors are what drives the criminal justice system at least at the local criminal court level. Misdemeanors are the crimes that directly and most often impact day to day life. This has led to a shift of the criminal justice system from being victim focused to offender focused. This has created drastic changes.
The link below has several reports on its webpage and there are also links to several additional articles.
Findings and policy recommendations from a comprehensive analysis of misdemeanor cases in NYC.
— Read on www.courtinnovation.org/publications/misdemeanor-race-NYC
Seattle vows quicker charging decisions to deter petty crime
The move aims to help tackle persistent low-level crime that has plagued businesses downtown
— Read on www.police1.com/legal/articles/seattle-vows-quicker-charging-decisions-to-deter-petty-crime-ukH6pB6CImnIt9r9/
How America Disguised 65,000 Prison Beds
Alternatives to incarceration often replicate the same problematic technologies that fostered mass incarceration.
— Read on www.aclu.org/news/
Long Road to Nowhere How Southern States Struggle with Long-Term Incarceration
The Deep South is the epicenter of mass incarceration. The United States incarcerates more people per capita than any other country, with prison populations growing by 86% between 1990 and 2019. For Southern states, prison populations exploded by 127% during that same period. During this time in history, America implemented “tough on crime” policies that responded to public health issues like the drug epidemic with incarceration instead of rehabilitation. Laws for even nonviolent crimes became more punitive with longer sentences, and people of color were disproportionately pushed into prisons with little hope for parole.
Access the article HERE
Rigging the jury: How each state reduces jury diversity by excluding people with criminal records | Prison Policy Initiative
50-state report on jury disqualification laws and their impact on jury diversity
— Read on www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/juryexclusion.html
Dollars and Sense In Cook County
Using independent data, researchers found that a 2017 general order increased the number of people released pretrial and was not associated with any significant change in new criminal activity, violent or otherwise.
— Read on www.safetyandjusticechallenge.org/resource/dollars-and-sense-in-cook-county/
There’s a Strong Case for Sticking With Bail Reform
There’s a Strong Case for Sticking With Bail Reform
— Read on www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/01/24/opinion/sunday/bail-reform-new-york.amp.html
Eradicating Assembly-Line Justice: An Opportunity Lost by the Revised American Bar Association Criminal Justice Standards by Steven Zeidman :: SSRN
Every day in criminal courts across the country, thousands of people enter guilty pleas within hours of their arrest at their initial appearance or arraignment
— Read on papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm
Future of Policing 