US drugs prosecutors switch sides to defend accused Colombian traffickers
After working to take down cartels, former officials say America's 'war on drugs' is misguided and the human cost too high
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Today in the New York Times - Marc Mauer from the Sentencing Project talks about incarceration trends in the United States. This is a significant fiscal issue as well as an issue that speaks to civil liberties and justice.
Incarceration Rates for Blacks Have Fallen Sharply, Report Shows
By ERICA GOODE
Published: February 27, 201
Incarceration rates for black Americans dropped sharply from 2000 to
2009, especially for women, while the rate of imprisonment for whites
and Hispanics rose over the same decade, according to a report released
Wednesday by a prison research and advocacy group in Washington.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Justice Department can be smarter about sequester - The Hill's Congress Blog
This piece in The Hill by Ethan Nadelmann from Drug Policy Alliance answers Attorney General Eric Holder's report to the Appropriations Comittee about the cost of justice. Sometimes more cost equals less justice.
Justice Department can be smarter about sequester - The Hill's Congress Blog
Justice Department can be smarter about sequester - The Hill's Congress Blog
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Is Your Local Police Department Using Pictures of Pregnant Women and Children for Target Practice?
This article from Reason is shocking, but not surprising. I often wonder about gun violence and how it is related to the militarization of our own law enforcement agencies. I am offended when I see the snipers on the roof of the White House. The intense preoccupation of our Public Servants with their own security coarsens our society.
Is Your Local Police Department Using Pictures of Pregnant Women and Children for Target Practice?
Is Your Local Police Department Using Pictures of Pregnant Women and Children for Target Practice?
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
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Friday, February 1, 2013
Good discussion of the next four states for marijuana legalization
It's been only two months since Washington and Colorado voters
legalized recreational marijuana, but the advocates who raised
millions to pass Amendment 64 and Initiative 502 aren't wasting
time celebrating. In addition to helping craft the rules and
regulations in the Centennial and Evergreen states, they're also
providing support to state legislators who will introduce marijuana
bills—more than 20 altogether—in 2013.
"While not all of them will pass," says Morgan Fox of the
Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), the debates around them will be
different than in years past. "What I'm hearing is that a dam
broke," says Jill Harris, managing director of strategic
initiatives for the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA). "Before Colorado
and Washington, the idea of legal marijuana existed in the realm of
fantasy. But after Colorado and Washington, we can have a more
serious conversation."
These 4 States Will Reform Their Marijuana Laws in 2013
The pot reform movement picks up speed.
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