Reestablishing the Sentence Procedure may Lead to Minimizing Sentences for Violent Criminals

One of the biggest issues is the high incarceration rate in America, which are mostly consisted of nonviolent criminals who were convicted for drug offenses. In the midst of discussion of reforming the criminal justice system…

Analyzing Stakeholders

Many authors have had successful articles on juvenile justice, but a few stood out to me among the others. These authors include Kyle Gottuso, Jason Carmichael and Giovani Burgos. I have come across these authors in my search of sources throughout this year. It is time I took a deeper…

Speaking of Accidental Felons, let’s talk about the Felony Murder Rule — that obscure law that says that if you are part of a felony that results in someone dying, you are guilty of 1st degree murder and automatically sent to prison for life with no chance to ever get out. Doesn’t matter that you never killed anyone, never intended to kill anyone, or…

Bern Private Prisons

Sanders’ contrast to Clinton’s Crime and Punishment Bill extreme

ISSUE STATEMENT — My thoughts on the drug war and mass incarceration

I have opposed the misguided drug war for many years. We should not be locking people up for using the same drugs that have been used by at least the last three American presidents and, according to many surveys…

Politifact or Politistat?

Dubious claims that people aren’t doing jail time for possession

Politifact rated a claim that Bernie Sanders says people are getting prison sentences for smoking marijuana as Mostly False. I do not claim to have…