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criminal justice
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Business Groups Aim to Change Mindset on Hiring Ex-Convicts
Working with prominent political donor Charles Koch, a number of major trade groups threw their support behind an…
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ACLU Campaign Introduces Californians to Their District Attorneys
To increase accountability and transparency, the American Civil Liberties Union of California launched a campaign to help voters…
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Groups’ Clemency Project Pays Off With Obama’s Commutation Streak
President Barack Obama’s decision to use his power of commutation as a form of criminal justice reform has…
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Associations Influence Obama’s Solitary Confinement Shift
In recent months two major correctional associations have spoken out against the overly aggressive use of solitary confinement…
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Prison Administrators: Reconsider Solitary Confinement
With the help of a new study that helps quantify the scope of solitary confinement, the Association of…
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Obama Presidential Pardons Build on Associations’ Work
The president's focus this week on criminal justice issues—which will culminate in a historic visit to a federal…
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Defense Lawyers Group Pushes for Change After FBI Forensics Report
A review of transcripts from criminal cases dating back more than 20 years found that 95 percent included…
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Mandatory Minimum Reforms Make Progress Without Prosecutor Support
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s push to change stiff sentencing laws for nonviolent offenders moved forward on some…
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Mandatory Minimums: Groups Largely Positive Towards Changes
After a move by Attorney General Eric Holder to soften the federal government’s approach to prosecuting mandatory minimum…
