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Drug War Deja Vu: Combating Punitive Responses to the Opioid Crisis
Unlike in the past, the current overdose crisis is prompting more compassionate responses emphasizing the need for treatment over incarceration (at least rhetorically) and eliciting sympathy for its victims rather than condemnation. Nonetheless, drug war strategies persist. Increases in overdose deaths have led to calls for enhanced and extreme prison punishment, especially when it comes […]
Find out more »You’re Invited: Drug War Deja Vu – Combatting Punitive Responses to the Opioid Crisis
Tuesday, April 9, 9:00 – 4:00 p.m. Washington Marriott at Metro Center 775 12th Street NW, Washington DC Unlike in the past, the current overdose crisis is prompting more compassionate responses emphasizing the need for treatment over incarceration (at least rhetorically) and eliciting sympathy for its victims rather than condemnation. Nonetheless, drug war strategies persist. Increases […]
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Prosecution in the 21st Century: Transforming the Criminal Justice System
In recent years, prosecutors have become the preeminent focus for criminal justice reformers. In her new book Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration, journalistEmily Bazelon mounts a major critique of the American criminal justice system and tells the story of the growing movement for change in the field of prosecution. She […]
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