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The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµCampaign for Smart Justice is an unprecedented, multiyear effort to reduce the U.S. jail and prison population by 50% and to challenge racism in the criminal legal system.
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Jun 16, 2017

My Father’s Gun Charge Almost Ruined My Family. Fair Sentencing Saved It.

My Father’s Gun Charge Almost Ruined My Family. Fair Sentencing Saved It.

May 26, 2017

Why Jeff Sessions Is the Best Argument for Reducing Prosecutorial Power

Why Jeff Sessions Is the Best Argument for Reducing Prosecutorial Power

May 12, 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions Has Just Doubled Down on the Immoral, Racist, and Counterproductive War on Drugs

Attorney General Jeff Sessions Has Just Doubled Down on the Immoral, Racist, and Counterproductive War on Drugs

May 11, 2017

Behind Many ‘Mom and Pop’ Bail Bonds Shops Is a Huge Insurance Corporation Out to Profit From Misery

Behind Many ‘Mom and Pop’ Bail Bonds Shops Is a Huge Insurance Corporation Out to Profit From Misery

May 9, 2017

Long-Awaited Public Defense Reform Comes to New York State

Long-Awaited Public Defense Reform Comes to New York State

Apr 26, 2017

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµIs at the UN Tomorrow to Testify on the Horrific Human Rights Record of US Private Prison Companies

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµIs at the UN Tomorrow to Testify on the Horrific Human Rights Record of US Private Prison Companies

Apr 25, 2017

We’re Living in a Surveillance Society, So Why Do We Need Bail?

We’re Living in a Surveillance Society, So Why Do We Need Bail?

Apr 19, 2017

I Spent More Than 6 Years in Prison. Now I’m Deputy Director of the ACLU’s Campaign for Smart Justice.

I Spent More Than 6 Years in Prison. Now I’m Deputy Director of the ACLU’s Campaign for Smart Justice.

Apr 17, 2017

The Entire Massachusetts Criminal Justice System Is Tainted, Not Just the Dookhan Convictions

The Entire Massachusetts Criminal Justice System Is Tainted, Not Just the Dookhan Convictions

Mar 31, 2017

Poor New Yorkers Get Lost in the State’s Broken Public Defense System

Poor New Yorkers Get Lost in the State’s Broken Public Defense System