Lots of stories and commentary catching my eye as I am on the road
Blogging has been a bit lighter than usual for the first part of August because I am on the road for a last bit of summer fun before the new school year kicks into gear. As a result, I have lacked time to blog about, but have today found some time to round up here, a a number of stories and commentaries that have caught my eye in recent days in my newsfeed:
From BuzzFeed News, “The Criminal Justice System Is Bad For Your Health, Warns New York City’s Health Department“
From The Crime Report, “The Redemption of Teen Killers: Why ‘Miller’s Children’ Deserved Their Second Chance“
From Forbes, “NAACP, ACLU And Allies Demand Congress Pass Marijuana Bill With Justice Focus“
From Governing, “America Has a Health-Care Crisis — in Prisons“
From The Hill, “Criminal justice reform should extend to student financial aid“
From the Los Angeles Times, “Once tough-on-crime prosecutors now push progressive reforms“
From the New York Times, “A Relentless Jailhouse Lawyer Propels a Case to the Supreme Court”
From Reuters, “U.S. federal death penalty protocol faces fresh legal scrutiny“
From the San Francisco Chronicle, “First inmate released under new California resentencing law“
From Simple Justice, “Kopf: A ‘Second Look’ Option Might Lessen Federal Sentencing Disparity“
From the Washington Post, “Edward Simms is living proof that defenders of mandatory minimum sentences are wrong“
As always, I welcome reader input on criminal justice stories and reform commentaries here or elsewhere that should be getting more (or less) attention here and elsewhere.