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The victories of reform-minded prosecutors like John Creuzot in Dallas County last week could signal a “sea change” in public support for reductions in mass incarceration and the easing of sentencing guidelines, advocates and experts tell TCR.
For decades, the prosecutorial profession has sorely lacked diversity. This year’s midterm elections demonstrated how decisively that has changed.
Even with a divided government following the midterm elections, President Trump has all the discretionary powers he needs to provide a path to citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants—if he wants to. A paper in the Lewis & Clark Law Review explains why.
The measure was among numerous criminal justice-related initiatives on gun control, police training and marijuana approved by voters Tuesday. One big standout: Ohioans rejected an amendment to keep low-level drug offenders out of prison.
Many prosecutors have made the end of mass incarceration and other justice reforms a focus of their election or re-election campaigns, That’s welcome news, says the director of John Jay’s Institute for Innovations in Prosecution–and long overdue. But it should galvanize support for a broader approach to change.
Victims’ rights, gun violence and—no surprise— marijuana legalization are among the criminal justice issues appearing on state ballots in next Tuesday’s midterm elections. Here’s why you should pay attention to the outcomes.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen says a “situation awareness room” in Washington will help states monitor attempts to sabotage the midterm elections. But despite her assurances, experts told a cybersecurity summit Oct. 2 that the U.S. has no credible deterrence strategies to prevent foreign cybermeddling.
Democratic candidates in midterm elections are disparaging the National Rifle Association, while the Bank of America will stop lending to business clients that manufacture military-style weapons for civilian use.