MONDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER 2018
The Dangers of Sweeping Gang Labels for Black and Latino Youth
Maritza Perez: This administration is conflating gang crime with illegal immigration, and painting communities of color as bastions of lawlessness, in a cynical effort to capitalize on fear and sell draconian tough-on-crime policies.
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Fighting to End the Other Death Sentence: Life Without Parole
Jean Trounstine: Despite historic crime lows and falling prison figures, the number of people serving life without the possibility of parole sentences has continued to rise, quadrupling since 1992.
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Hopeful News on Opioid Addictions
Julie Lurie: The number of new heroin users appears to be falling dramatically. But there’s still a long, long way to go.
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Zero Tolerance Lives On
Julia Preston: Mass hearings, often with dozens of defendants, are happening regularly, sometimes twice a day, in federal courts across the southwest border, under the Trump administration’s policy known as zero tolerance.
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