Rounding up some recent notable criminal justice commentary
With limited time and lots going on, a round-up of links allows me to highlight quickly some interesting recent criminal justice commentary:
From Balls and Strikes, by Josie Duffy Rice, “The Supreme Court Can’t Deliver Justice for William Wooden: The Court’s preoccupation with the precise definition of “occasion” obscures a multitude of deeper failures of the criminal legal system.”
From Balls and Strikes, by Jordan Paul, “How Courts Robbed Juries of a Powerful Tool for Doing Justice: Jury nullification is a pre-colonial tool that allows jurors to send a message to the state that certain criminal prosecutions are unacceptable. But for centuries, courts have been working out to hollow that right.”
From The Marshall Project, “When Mom Is In Prison — And When She Comes Home: ‘Oh, Mother of Mine,’ a short documentary and photography project by Anna Rawls, explores the generational impact of incarcerating mothers.”
From National Review, by Kevin Williamson, “Criminal-Justice-System Error“
From Reason, by Ira Stoll, “The Varsity Blues Trial Is a Reminder of Our Corrupt Criminal Justice System: Plead guilty and get “punishments ranging from probation to nine months in prison.” Insist on a trial and face decades in prison.”
From The Oklahoman, by Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, “Oklahoma’s rush to execute harms culture of life“
From Slate, by John Pfaff, “Why Our Fixation on the Murder Rate Is Killing Us“