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Hawaii's Radical Experiment
The Fix - 12/15/11
Ohio's new DNA law called "model"
Columbus Dispatch - 4/6/10
A blue-ribbon look at criminal justice
New York Times - 2/12/10
Panel urges changes in sentencing
The Post and Courier - 2/2/10
Bail burden keeps U.S. jails stuffed with inmates
National Public Radio - 1/21/10
Prison-based gerrymandering dilutes your vote
The Problem
Prisoners of the Census - 12/11/09
Common sense prison reforms will help McDonnell close budget gap
Bacons Rebellion - 12/2/09
Shock! Economist has really good idea
The Sydney Morning Herald — 11/23/09
Do defendants get enough warning about a guilty plea's consequences?
The National Law Journal — 11/23/09
Commentary & Reports
Paying Their Debt to Society
Howard Law Journal, April 2011
Mentoring Ex-Prisoners: A Guide for Prisoner Reentry Programs
National Institute of Corrections, August 2010
Facilitating Reentry
Prism, July-August 2010
Do Reentry Courts Reduce Recidivism
Center for Court Innovation, March 2010
South Carolina Sentencing Reform Commission Report to the General Assembly
February 2010
US Sentencing Commission Preliminary Crack Cocaine Retroactive Data Report
November 2009
S714_National_Criminal_Justice_Commission_Act.pdf
By Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) October 2009 (amended)
Can_Our_Shameful_Prison_Be_Reformed.doc
By David Cole, The New York Review of Books, November 2009
US Sentencing Commission Preliminary Quarterly Data Report
September 30, 2009
From Time Out to Hard Time
By Michele Deitch, et al. — The University of Texas LBJ School of Public Affairs, July 2009
The Fiscal Crisis in Corrections: Rethinking Policies and Practices
By Christine S. Scott-Hayward — The Center on Sentencing and Corrections, July 2009
No Exit: The Expanding Use of Life Sentences in America
By Ashley Nellis and Ryan S. King - The Sentencing Project, July 2009
Is the Budget Crisis Changing the Way We Look at Sentencing and Incarceration?
By Daniel F. Wilhelm and Nicholas R. Turner — Vera Institute of Justice, 2002
Don't Overstate Crimes
By Abbe D. Lowell — The National Law Journal, October 27, 2008
Sufficiently Armed: The Federal Toolbox for Punishing Criminality in the Subprime Market
By Stephanie A. Martz and Tiffany Joslyn, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, October, 2008
Accelerated Release: A Literature Review
By Carolina Guzman, Barry Krisberg, and Chris Tsukida, the National Council on Crime and Delinquency — 2008
Correcting Course: Lessons from the 1970 Repeal of Mandatory Minimums
By Molly M. Gill - Families Against Mandatory Minimums, - 2008
The Wages of Prison Overcrowding: Harmful Psychological Consequences and Dysfunctional Correctional Reactions
By Craig Haney, Washington University Journal of Law & Policy - 2006
PFO Law Reform, A Crucial First Step Toward Sentencing Sanity in Kentucky
By Robert G. Lawson, Kentucky Law Journal - 2008
The Impact of Incarceration on Crime: Two National Experts Weigh In
The Pew Center on the States, Public Safety Performance Project - 2008
Deputizing Company Counsel as Agents of the Federal Government
By N. Richard Janis, Cato Institute - 2008
No Retreat Now
By Brian M. Walsh and Stephanie A. Martz, Heritage Foundation — 2008
Correctional Capitalism in the "Land of the Free": How Profit Fuels America's Prison Industry and Keeps Our Citizens in Captivity
By Jens Soering, Prism - 2008
Unlocking America: Why and How to Reduce America's Prison Population
The JFA Institute - 2007
Reconsidering Incarceration: New Directions for Reducing Crime
By Don Stemen, Vera Institute of Justice - 2007
Incarceration and Crime: A Complex Relationship
By Ryan S. King, Marc Mauer, and Malcolm C. Young, The Sentencing Project - 2005
Principles for Design and Reform of Sentencing Systems: A Background Report
The Constitution Project - 2006
Recommendations for Federal Criminal Sentencing in a Post-Booker World
The Constitution Project - 2006
Keynote Address: Lessons of a Sentencing Reformer from the Deep South
William H. Pryor Jr., Columbia Law Review - 2005
The Accelerating Degredation of American Criminal Codes
By Paul H. Robinson and Michael T. Cahill, Hastings Law Journal - 2005
Not Just for Criminals
By Marc Levin, Texas Public Policy Foundation - 2005
The Functions of Sentencing and Sentencing Reform
By Michale Tonry, Stanford Law Review - 2005
Research & Statistics
A New Start — A Reentry Guide for Texas
The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition - 2010
Alternative Sentencing in the Federal Criminal Justice System
United States Sentencing Commission - 2009
Jailing Communities: The Impact of Jail Expansion and Effective Public Safety Strategies
By Amanda Petteruti and Nastassia Walsh, Justice Policy Institute - April, 2008
The Pew Center on the States provides nonpartisan research, analysis, and expertise on sentencing and corrections reform in 14 states.
Assessing Consistency and Fairness in Sentencing: A Comparative Study in Three States
National Center for State Courts - 2008
Our Federal System of Sentencing
By Rachel E. Barkow, Stanford Law Review - 2005
One in 100: Behind Bars in America: 2008
The Pew Center on the States - 2008
The State of Sentencing 2007: Developments in Policy and Practice
By Ryan S. King, The Sentencing Project - 2008
Changing Direction? State Sentencing Reforms 2004-2006
By Ryan S. King, The Sentencing Project - 2007
Creating and Passing a Successful Sentencing Commission in California
By Lauren E. Geissler - 2005
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