by cmorgan | Nov 10, 2018 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Criminal Justice
The 2018 midterms saw the passage in several states of Marsy’s Law: a law that elevates the “rights” of victims at the expense of criminal defendants. Marsy’s Law gives crime victims certain procedural rights, such as the right to be notified of a defendant’s release...
by cmorgan | Oct 22, 2018 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Voting and Elections Rights
Our criminal justice system acts punitively long after the sentence ends. Most notably, harsh laws continue to punish those convicted of sex offenses throughout their lives. Banished, a recent piece from the Marshall Project, describes the literal ostracism of those...
by cmorgan | Oct 5, 2018 | Amicus, Criminal Justice
As Hurricane Florence loomed over the Carolinas, stories broke of South Carolina prisons failing to evacuate prisoners near the coast, despite state officials ordering evacuation of all residents. South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster stated at a news conference,...
by cmorgan | Apr 12, 2018 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Education & Youth, Poverty and Economic Justice, Privacy and Technology, Racial Justice, Sex Equality
Criminal Legal System Our unemployment rate fails to account for mass incarceration. Mass incarceration disproportionately affects black communities. Unemployment data fails to account for this, which makes the disparity between black and white men in employment...
by cmorgan | Mar 31, 2018 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice
Civil rights activists recognize mass incarceration as the most pressing issue of our time. With books like The New Jim Crow, progressives have accepted the idea that our criminal justice system acts as a means of racial control and oppression. “Law and order” talk...
