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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Aug 20, 2013
Murphy and Norquist: Congress Must Act to Finish Job on Criminal Justice Reform
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Aug 16, 2013
Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights
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Aug 15, 2013
What Could Stop Eric Holder from Rolling Back the War on Drugs? A US Attorney Fresh out of "Purple Drank"
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Aug 14, 2013
All Kids Sentenced to Die in Michigan Prisons Get Second Chance
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Aug 12, 2013
How to Process Eric Holder’s Major Criminal Law Reform Speech
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Aug 9, 2013
Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights
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Aug 9, 2013
Eric Holder to Announce Major Criminal Law Reforms on Monday. It's About Time this Administration Caught Up with the States.
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Aug 8, 2013
The Director of "How to Make Money Selling Drugs" on Ending an Embarrassingly Racist War