Lots and lots of weekend reads on lots and lots of different topics
Another weekend leads me to realize that a bunch of notable pieces have caught my eye, and yet I will not have time to blog about them in any detail. Ergo, the time for a lengthy, and this time quite elclectic, round-up post:
From the Brennan Center, “What the Race for Santos’s Seat Says About Crime Messaging“
From The Bulwark, “How Marijuana Could Become a Political Issue in 2024“
From the Coloroda Sun, “Colorado could become the first state to require in-person voting in jails”
From Fox News, “New York man who smuggled pythons into the US by hiding them in his pants sentenced to probation, fined $5k“
From the Kansas City Star, “Kansas hasn’t executed anyone in six decades. Kobach is preparing for that to change“
From Law360, “What Rescheduling Pot Would Mean For Criminal Justice Reform“
From the Marshall Project, “Medical Marijuana Is Legal, But Oklahoma Is Charging Women for Using It While Pregnant“
From The New Yorker, “What Do We Owe a Prison Informant?“
From NPR, “Violent crime is dropping fast in the U.S. — even if Americans don’t believe it“
From ProPublica, “Oregon’s Drug Decriminalization Aimed to Make Cops a Gateway to Rehab, Not Jail. State Leaders Failed to Make It Work.“
From Reuters, “Mass killer Breivik loses human rights case to end prison isolation“
From Stateline, “Drunken drivers would have to pay child support for victims’ kids under these laws“
From the San Francisco Chronicle, “A little-known feature of Prop. 47 has led to far lower crime rates for this group“
From Slate, “The True Crime Canon: The 25 best crime books, podcasts, and documentaries of all time.“
From The Verge, “New bill would let defendants inspect algorithms used against them in court“
As always, I would welcome comments about any of these pieces/topics and especially about which ones might merit more attention through additional postings.