Tag Archives: Criminal Justice

How Many Americans Are Unnecessarily Incarcerated? Groundbreaking new study by the Brennan Center on how to dramatically cut the prison population – FYI: Nearly 40 percent of the U.S. prison population — 576,000 people — are behind bars with no compelling public safety reason

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How Many Americans Are Unnecessarily Incarcerated? Groundbreaking new study the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law just released on how to dramatically cut the prison population. The report launched in a New York Times interactive feature by Timothy Williams.  “Four Violent Crimes: You Decide the Sentence” gives readers the opportunity to weigh in on prison sentencing Nearly 40 percent of the U.S. prison population — 576,000 people — are behind bars with no compelling public safety reason, according to a new report from the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. The first-of-its-kind analysis provides … Continue reading →

Ex-Seattle Police Chief Condemns Systemic Police Racism Dating Back to Slave Patrols

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On Wednesday, President Obama met at the White House with law enforcement officials and civil rights leaders. President Obama hosted the meeting one week after the fatal police shootings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, and the killing of five police officers by a sniper in Dallas. While the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile made national headlines, they were not isolated incidents. According to a count by The Guardian, at least 37 people have been killed by police in the United States so far this month. That’s more than the total number of people killed by police in Britain since the year 2000. Overall, police in the United States have killed a total of 585 people so far this year. We speak to former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper, author of the new book “To Protect and to Serve: How to Fix America’s Police.”

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Bernie Speaks at NALEO Conference

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WASHINGTON – Addressing NALEO, a Latino leaders’ conference, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday denounced the “bigotry” of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. “I had hoped and I think most Americans had hoped that by the year 2016 we would be beyond having candidates make bigotry the cornerstone of their campaigns,” Sanders told the annual convention of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. Sanders said Americans will not put in the White House a candidate who “insults” Mexicans, Muslims, African-Americans and others. “Our country needs somebody who brings us together, not divides us up,” the Vermont senator said … Continue reading →