Virginia’s Move To End Capital Punishment Has A Major Flaw
Any day now, with Governor Ralph Northam’s signature, Virginia will eliminate the death penalty. The news is cause for celebration. Since 1976, Virginia has
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Social Justice
#FreeHer Campaign Wants Clemency For 100 Women In Biden’s First 100 Days
More than 200,000 women and girls are incarcerated in this country — 10,000 of them in federal prisons — and Danielle Metz used
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Prison Guards Across The Country Refusing Vaccine Despite COVID-19 Outbreaks
A Florida correctional officer polled his colleagues earlier this year in a private Facebook group: “Will you take the COVID-19 vaccine if offered?”
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California Panel Urges Changes To Reduce Criminal Sentences
California led the nation in tough-on-crime policies 30 years ago, but in recent years has been among the states at the forefront of
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I Made A Serious Mistake As Governor Of Maryland. We Need Parole Reform.
It’s never easy to admit you made a mistake. Twenty-five years ago, I made a serious mistake. At the start of my two
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Vaccines Aren’t Enough To Prevent The Spread Of COVID-19 In Prisons
The lack of COVID-19 protections in prisons show officials believe that inmates are less than human, that they do not deserve to be
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Study: Two-Thirds Of Prisoners Serving Life Sentences Are People Of Color
More than two thirds of the roughly 203,000 prisoners serving life sentences in the United States are people of color, according to a
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Two Cop-Killers Freed By Illinois Parole Board After Decades In Prison
Foxx will no longer make recommendations to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board on parole. Foxx called the practice a “relic” of the past
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Over 200,000 People Are Serving Life In U.S. Prisons. These Are The Consequences.
More than 200,000 people are serving life sentences in U.S. prisons today, and most of them are locked in state correctional facilities. The
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