By The Admin on April 6, 2011
David Keene, former Chairman of the American Conservative Union, and Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, will join a group of bipartisan leaders April 7th to speak about the NAACP’s upcoming report, “Misplaced Priorities: Under Educate, Over Incarcerate”. The report examines escalating levels of prison spending and its impact on state budgets and [...]
Posted in Criminal Justice, Policy & Issues
By The Admin on March 15, 2011
Miami New Times
- Last week, Florida Gov. Rick Scott ramrodded through a decision that explains why African-Americans have no faith in the criminal justice system or those who run it. On March 9, giving virtually no public notice or warning his own cabinet, the state’s leader made it ungodly hard for ex-felons to vote. Ever. [...]
Posted in Criminal Justice, Florida
By The Admin on February 12, 2011
U.S. Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia says he plans to push for passage of criminal justice reform legislation before he leaves the Senate in nearly two years.
Webb contends that the current system incarcerates too many people at too high a cost, with poor results. He said legislation got bogged down last year but that he’s [...]
Posted in Congress, Criminal Justice
By The Admin on December 3, 2010
Federal prosecutors says a federal judge already convicted of drug possession may have shown racial bias when sentencing defendants earlier this year.
U.S. Attorney Sally Yates says a woman who developed a relationship with former U.S. Senior Judge Jack Camp in May has told prosecutors he said he had a difficult time sentencing black men because [...]
Posted in Criminal Justice, Race
By The Admin on November 19, 2010
New America Media
- Nearly three weeks after the midterm elections, the winner of the hard-fought race to become California’s next attorney general has not been determined. Kamala Harris, the San Francisco district attorney, holds a razor-thin lead over Steve Cooley, her Los Angeles County counterpart, with some 680,000 votes remaining to be counted.
While the stakes [...]
Posted in Criminal Justice, Race
