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Nov 15, 2022 · Justice Division. November 15, 2022. Voters across the political spectrum want their elected officials to support bold criminal justice reforms that reduce punishment and mass incarceration — according to polling conducted just before the midterms. Despite an aggressive, tough-on-crime campaign playbook from some candidates who attempted to ...
Nov 12, 2022 · As results from the midterm elections continue to trickle in, this week our team has a roundup on how some major criminal justice candidates and issues fared, and what the fallout from these races and ballot measures may look like moving forward.
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Dec 14, 2022 · Advocates achieved important changes in 2022 to challenge extreme sentencing, expand voting rights and advance youth justice. This paper highlights top trends in criminal justice reform in 2022.
- Bail Reform
- Other Statewide Races
- Local Races
- Ending Prison Slavery
- Marijuana Legalization
- Gun Violence Prevention
In Illinois, where the Pretrial Fairness Act (part of the larger SAFE‑T package of criminal justice reforms) goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2023, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Attorney General Kwame Raoul — both backers of the SAFE‑T Act — easily won re-election, as did almost all state legislators who voted for the act. Moreover, there was some concern that...
Beyond states where bail reform made headlines, prominent statewide candidates who ran on a promise of overturning broader criminal justice reforms failed almost across the board. In Pennsylvania’s much-watched open U.S. Senate race, candidate Mehmet Oz fixated on Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s support for reforming the state’s felony murder law, repeat...
At the local level, while results were more mixed, several extremist sheriffs and anti-reform prosecutors fell to challengers while advocates for data-driven and evidence-based policies held their seats.
An exception in the 13thAmendment allows the practice of slavery in the United States when used to punish a crime. In practice, this means incarcerated people in some states can be forced to perform grueling manual and agricultural labor and punished if they refuse. On Tuesday, ending prison slavery was on the ballot in five states. Voters in Alaba...
Voters in Maryland and Missouri — home to around 12.5 million people combined — approved marijuana legalization, bringing the total number of states where the drug is legal up to 21. At the same time, legalization failed in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Arkansas. And in Colorado, a ballot initiative to legalize medicinal psychedelic mushroomsseem...
In Oregon, a referendum was on the ballot to tighten gun laws. Amidst rising gun deaths in the state, primarily from suicide, voters appear to have narrowly approved Measure 114, which will institute a permitting system for gun purchases and prohibit the sale, manufacture, or purchase of magazines capable of holding more than 10rounds. Additionally...
May 25, 2022 · By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order as follows: Section 1. Policy. Our criminal justice system must respect ...
Jan 10, 2023 · January 10, 2023. Samuel Corum/Getty. End Mass Incarceration. Social & Economic Harm. Changing Incentives. Prison and Jail Reform. A year ago, we reviewed progress made by the Biden administration toward building a fairer and more effective criminal justice system, as well as missed opportunities.
Dec 14, 2022 · Dec 14, 2022. Driven in large part by electoral considerations, politicians and the media were paying close attention to criminal justice reform issues in 2022 — and not always in a positive way. Evidence-free or distorted messaging around crime reached a feverish pitch in the run-up to the mid-term elections.
