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10 hours ago · Advocates question pace of criminal justice reform 2024-05-27 - Sam Woodward and Terry Collins MINNEAPOLIS – Four years after the murder of George Floyd, the close-knit South Minneapolis neighborhood that saw protests and chants of “Defund the police” has mellowed − but certainly not forgotten the death that triggered a national ...
10 hours ago · Experts say while criminal justice reform efforts in part fueled the 2020 election cycle, policing is unlikely to be a top issue in the 2024 presidential election. “Other issues have come to the fore, especially with conflict in Israel and Palestine, with conflict in Ukraine, and the economy,” said Jorge Camacho, policy director of the ...
10 hours ago · The CAC project allows students to explore a convicted prisoner’s case where they allege that they have suffered a miscarriage of justice. It is an action of last resort as these prisoners will have exhausted by then the criminal justice system in unsuccessful appeals. They will have been through the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
10 hours ago · Still, the author’s case that the racial reckoning will reemerge is not compelling. Samuel cites the persistence of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. He notes that “nine years passed between Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat and the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964.”
10 hours ago · Ashwin Ramaswami, 24, was an intern in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency when former President Donald Trump fired his boss in late 2020 for publicly disputing Trump's claims of voter fraud in the election. Now, Ramaswami, a Democrat, is running for Georgia state Senate in District 48 against Shawn Still, the Republican ...
10 hours ago · The other area of concern is the number of people entering the youth justice system due to cannabis offences – 913 in 2020 – with 90% of drug charges against young people being for possession ...
10 hours ago · The Sentencing Act 2020; YOI Rules 2000; Probation Finder. ... The Government’s approach to criminal justice; Sentencing reform will break the costly cycle of crime;
