A lengthy, on-the-road, long-weekend round up of criminal justice stories big and small
I have been on the road for most of January, leading me to see a lot of intriguing press pieces from a variety of sources that I have not had time to flag on the blog. (Also, all sorts of football has been even more exciting than blogging this month.) As is my tendency, I will make up for lost blogging time with a lengthy round-up post providing lots and lots of recommended reading during a long and eventful weekend. Here goes:
From the AP, “A tough-on-crime approach is back in US state capitols“
From CNN, “Judges sentence January 6 Capitol rioters, fully aware a Trump pardon could spare them“
From The Conversation, “Even the much lauded Nordic prisons are facing overcrowding and understaffing“
From The Conversation, “The infamous Stanford prison experiment was flawed – so why is it still so influential today?“
From Forbes, “Prisons Across Country Face Challenge of Finding Workers“
From Fox News, “Special Counsel Weiss blasts Biden in final Hunter prosecution report“
From the Georgia Recorder, “Kemp unveils plan to to spend millions intended to restore order in Georgia prisons“
From the Long Island Press, “Is George Santos lying about needing more time to pay restitution?“
From the Los Angeles Times, “Prop. 36 drug and theft felonies to force millions in state cuts, projection shows“
From NBC News, “A vanishingly small number of violent sex crimes end in conviction, NBC News investigation shows“
From News from the States, “North Dakota lawmakers role-play life after prison“
From the Sacremento Bee, “Voters approved a new crime law in California. Sacramento-area prosecutors quick to use it“
From wbur, “Has the First Step Act helped to reduce harsh prison sentences?“
From WRIC, “Youngkin, Miyares criticize Biden for granting ‘Waverly Two’ clemency“
From WV News, “Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh rips federal fentanyl laws for leniency during sentencing hearing in Clarksburg, West Virginia“