91 Percent of Americans Support Criminal Justice Reform, ACLU Polling Finds
(From press release) – The American Civil Liberties Union Campaign for Smart Justice released new public opinion…
Report on Marijuana Shows Why War on Drugs Targets People of Color
By Andy Hoover The war on marijuana continues to rage in Pennsylvania. Despite slow progress in loosening…
Commentary: Large Marijuana Raids Represent an Alarming New Development
The Yolo County Sheriff’s Office has announced a series of raids against allegedly illegal marijuana growers in…
My View: The War on Drugs Did Not Turn Out Well, So Let’s Be Careful on Approach to Opioid Abuse
Supervisor Matt Rexroad offers some thoughtful commentary on opioid abuse in an op-ed in the Woodland paper…
Jeff Sessions Wants a New War on Drugs – It Won’t Work
By David Cole and Marc Mauer Attorney General Jeff Sessions is right to be concerned about recent…
Why Jeff Sessions Is the Best Argument for Reducing Prosecutorial Power
By Taylor Pendergrass Rumors of the demise of the War on Drugs have been greatly exaggerated, but…
Cal AG, Others Push Back against DOJ’s Harsh New Sentencing Guidelines
This week California Attorney General Xavier Becerra joined District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine and…
Sessions Doubles Down on the War on Drugs
By Udi Ofer Attorney General Jeff Sessions knows that the United States is the world’s leading incarcerator….
Commentary: Bill Would Repeal Ineffective Enhancements for Prior Drug Convictions
Advocacy groups argue that the so-called war on drugs drives mass incarceration and racial disparities in the…
Despite Bipartisan Support Civil Asset Forfeiture Law Soundly Defeated
SB 443 was a bill that was sponsored by Republican Assemblymember David Hadley, Senator Joel Anderson, and…
Can Capping Prison Sentences Reduce Mass Incarceration?
Last week, Marc Mauer, executive director of the Sentencing Project, in testimony before the Justice Department’s Charles…
