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What Tulsa King Tells Us About Reentry

A silver lining of being out of commission with a bad cold is that one is not good for much beyond catching up on streaming series I’ve missed, of which
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Punitive and Lenient Legislation, 2015-2018

Colleagues at UNC School of Law’s Prosecutors and Politics Project have shared an important report that analyzes legislation proposed and enacted in all 50 states between the years 2015 and
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Age Is the Most Important Predictor of Risk

CalMatters, whose reporting on California prisons has been superb in the last few years, have a new article out by Cayla Mihalovich, which takes a look at the recent California
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Defendant’s Right to Testify… Whenever? Also: TikTok Jurors

I just caught up with the denial of Donna Adelson’s motion for a new trial. The defense brought up numerous claims, the most interesting of which were jury contamination and
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FESTER Wins ASC Book Award

Friends, I’m thrilled (and quite surprised and shocked) to share with you the good news that our book FESTER: Carceral Permeability and California’s COVID-19 Correctional Disaster has won the American Society of
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No Good Parts

I’m writing this as I’m digesting the news: Donna Adelson was found guilty of murdering my friend and colleague Dan Markel. She joins four other people convicted as part of
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Covid-19 in Prisons

Age Is the Most Important Predictor of Risk

CalMatters, whose reporting on California prisons has been superb in the last few years, have a new article out by Cayla Mihalovich, which takes a look at the recent California
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FESTER Wins ASC Book Award

Friends, I’m thrilled (and quite surprised and shocked) to share with you the good news that our book FESTER: Carceral Permeability and California’s COVID-19 Correctional Disaster has won the American Society of
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Race and Justice

Children’s Books About Prisons

Friend, are you heading to a birthday or baby shower? If you like bringing books as gifts, and want the books to be meaningful, I’d steer away from tiresome sloganeering
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Left Realism Matters More than Ever in Criminology

Houston, we have a bit of a problem. Having just finished writing my term papers at the GTU, I’ve turned to grading exams (will be done soon! I promise!) and
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