It’s still too early to tell if Governor Gavin Newsom marches to his own drum— or if his tenure coincides with Governor Brown’s agendas, reported Anita Chabria and Taryn Luna for the L.A. Times. Since taking office Gov. Newsom has stopped 46 … [Read more...]
Thống Đốc Newsom Ngưng Hoản Việc Tạm Tha
Vẫn còn quá sớm để biết được nếu Thống Đốc Gavin Newsom sẽ làm theo chủ ý riêng—hoặc là nhiệm kỳ của ông ta trùng hợp với nghị trình của cựu Thống Đốc Brown, được tường trình bởi Anita Chabria và Taryn Luna cho tờ báo LA Times. Từ khi nhậm chức, … [Read more...]
Jóvenes encarcelados encaran discriminación en sentencias
Las herramientas para evaluar - el riesgo que representan los ofensores fueron diseñadas para disminuir prejuicio a la hora de dictar una sentencia, sin embargo podrían estar causando discriminación contra los infractores juveniles, reporta Wendy … [Read more...]
Some states seeking input on wrong parole decisions
Some states are still seek- ing input from the wrong people on parole decisions a Prison Policy Initiative report maintains. The report says the wrong people are prosecutors and crime victims. In California, prosecutors and victims must be … [Read more...]
Risk assessment tools designed against youth offenders
Risk assessment tools designed to decrease prejudice in sentencing may be causing discrimination toward youth offenders, reports Wendy Sawyer for the Prison Policy Initiative. These risk assessment tools score people based on many factors that can … [Read more...]
Amnesty International urges death penalty repeal
“Two wrongs don’t make a right. The death penalty is no way to impart justice,” says Erika Guevara Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International. In 2016, the US Supreme Court in Hurst v. Florida ruled that Florida’s capital sentencing law was … [Read more...]
Servicemen sentences overturned
Two servicemen on military Death Row had their sentences overturned this summer, reports the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC). U.S. Air Force veteran Andrew Witt and Vietnam War veteran Robert Fisher both had attorneys who failed to present … [Read more...]
Trump touts support of prison reform
President Donald Trump says he is open to passing a new compromise proposal that would combine a prison reform bill with sentencing reform provisions, reports Alexander Bolton for The Hill. “We passed the First Step Act through the House, and we’re … [Read more...]
Suit alleges GEO operates ‘deadliest immigration center’
Eight Central American refugees have filed a federal lawsuit against the GEO Group, and the city of Adelanto in Riverside, reports Robert Kahn for Courthouse News Service. The lawsuit alleges that the GEO Group operates the “deadliest immigration … [Read more...]
Sanctuary cities maybe safer for White people
A recent study examining sanctuary city policy in the United States found that White people living in urban sanctuary cities and counties are safer than those living elsewhere. “…immigration offenses now account for about half of all federal … [Read more...]
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