News & Commentary about Smart Justice
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The ACLU Campaign for Smart Justice is an unprecedented, multiyear effort to reduce the U.S. jail and prison population by 50% and to challenge racism in the criminal legal system.
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Mar 19, 2015
Poverty Is Not a Crime, Whether You Live in DeKalb County or Ferguson or Anywhere Else
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Mar 19, 2015
We Need to Move Beyond the Frame of the “Bad Apple Cop”
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Mar 18, 2015
How Did a Lifelong Prison Sentence for an Iraq Vet Turn Into an Imminent Death Sentence?
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Mar 16, 2015
America's Mass Incarceration Habit Needs a Serious Fix
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Mar 16, 2015
Can You Think of a Better Way to Spend $7.2 Billion Than Unnecessarily Locking Up Nonviolent Offenders and Undocumented Immigrants?
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Mar 6, 2015
The DOJ Ferguson Report Isn’t Just an Indictment of Ferguson Police, but of American Policing Writ Large
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Mar 2, 2015
Will Nelson Mandela's Solitary Confinement Inspire Positive Change?