The “mass incarceration” myth is pervasive — primarily among laypersons and so-called criminal justice activists. We hear about it, ad nauseam, and believe it without question. The mass incarceration narrative…
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El Salvador opened the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in January 2023, spear-headed by its president, Nayib Bukele, in an effort to end years of rampant gang crime in the small Central American nation. A…
In Commonwealth v. Mattis, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, in a split 4-3 vote, ruled that life without parole (LWOP) sentences for adults aged 18-20 violate the Constitution of Massachusetts.…
The State of Utah is looking for justice for Maureen Hunsacker, a young mother of three, who was murdered in 1986 while working at a gas station. She had been kidnapped, strangled…