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Under a bill presented to state lawmakers this month, incarcerated young people can choose a variety of degrees or technical certificates to pursue. Utah State Rep. Lowry Snow, the bill’s author, called education “the antidote to recidivism.”
After previously being shot down in 2020 by the then-Republican controlled senate, Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which bans chokeholds and federal no-knock warrants, among other reform measures.
The Department of Justice needs new leadership to restore its leadership in the fight against systemic discrimination “in all its forms,” witnesses told a hearing Tuesday in support of the nomination of Judge Merrick D. Garland to head the department.
The bill signed Monday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker was sponsored by a caucus of Black Illinois lawmakers who were motivated by the death of George Floyd and others along with the summer protests and marches over policing and racial and social justice.
Following a year where Americans witnessed a bold insurrection attempt at the U.S. Capitol and countless statehouse breaches, state legislatures are at odds regarding whether guns should be allowed in capitol buildings, creating a disjointed system.
The bill attempts to stop courts from increasing the maximum sentencing range for people convicted of nonviolent felonies who have one or more other felony convictions in their past.
Struggling against stigma and stereotypes, the bill pointedly argues for the medical benefits of psychedelics, a strategy familiar to drug policy reform advocates.
Being a female lawyer in criminal law means constantly having others tell you to “toughen up,” according to an American Bar Association task force. The task force found that while women have slightly outnumbered men in law school for the past four years, female law graduates make up a much smaller representation of actual attorneys, and an even smaller number of justice leaders.
In a televised town hall meeting in Milwaukee Tuesday night, President Joe Biden announced that instead of defunding the police, he would put more money into local policing. He also outlined the improvements he hopes to make to criminal justice and policing in the country.
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has resigned from the California District Attorneys Association, claiming the group’s all-white board indicates the group has failed to keep pace with changing times.