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Tag Archives: prison reform
Should We Listen To An Argument of Fear? Relieving Overcrowded Prisons May Actually Increase Public Safety
Also tagged Brown v. Plata, Justice Alito, Justice Scalia, prisoners, Supreme Court
If we release prisoners to relieve overcrowding, then prisoners will rape, rob and murder our citizens. That is frightening; therefore we shouldn’t release prisoners, even though the State cannot afford to humanely incarcerate them. This argument was at the heart of Justices Scalia and Alito’s dissenting opinions last week in the California prison case. The argument, [...]
Posted in Constitutional Law, Prisoners, Supreme Court ( Leave a comment)
Jerry Brown, Meet Jerry Madden
Also tagged bipartisan initiatives, Brown v. Plata, Jerry Madden
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Brown v. Plata puts Governor Jerry Brown in the hot seat. Prison reform in California is now mandated by law. The good news is that California can look to other states for help. One of those states, somewhat surprisingly, is Texas. This is not just because Texas is [...]
Posted in Constitutional Law, Opinions, Uncategorized ( Leave a comment)
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