The title of this post is the title of this notable new commentary from John Hudak over at Brookings FixGov blog.  I recommend the piece in full, and here are excerpts: Judge

Garland recognized two realities about cannabis enforcement — one not new to AG nominees, the other quite new.  First, he noted that non-violent, low-level cannabis [...]

The question in the title of this post is the headline of this New Republic piece by Zachary Siegel.  Its subheadline captures its themes: "Traditional treatments often take

place in expensive facilities, demand total abstinence, and rely on punitive methods of control.  A harm reduction model turns all of that on its head."  Here is [...]

Nicholas Almendares (Indiana University Maurer School of Law) has posted Foreseeability, Causation, and Guilt (Forthcoming in Collective Action, Philosophy and the Law, Chiara

Valentini and Teresa Marques, editors, Routledge) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The question of how to... [...]

Marie Beigelman and Judit Vall Castelló (University of Barcelona and University of Barcelona) have posted COVID-19 and Help-Seeking Behavior for Intimate Partner Violence

Victims on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Using detailed data at the local level on the number... [...]

Hayden Henderson, Scarlet Cho, Agnieszka Nogalska and Thomas D. Lyon (USC Gould School of Law, USC Gould School of Law, Students, University of Southern California and University

of Southern California Gould School of Law) have posted Identifying Novel Forms of... [...]

As highlighted by this NPR preview, the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) kicks off tonight and concludes Sunday with former Prez Trump giving his first

big speech since leaving office. Though there are lots and lots of storylines surrounding this year's CPAC, and I was intrigued to see a few criminal justice reform [...]

Steven Arango has posted Cloudy with a Chance of Government Intrusion: The Third-Party Doctrine in the 21st Century (Catholic University Law Review 2020) on SSRN. Here is the

abstract: Technology may be created by humans, but we are dependent on... [...]

LaCrisha McAllister has posted Closing the Loophole: A Critical Analysis of the Peremptory Challenge and Why it Should be Abolished (48 S.U.L. Rev. (2021)) on SSRN. Here is

the abstract: In theory peremptory challenges should be used to ensure a... [...]

In this post earlier this month, I wondered aloud about when we might reasonably expect Prez Biden to make needed appointments to the US Sentencing Commission.  This issue

remained on my mind when I was recently asked to write a commentary for ASU's new Crime and Justice News site.   Specifically, I decided to write on "Reviving the [...]

Kyriakos C. Neanidis and Maria Paola Rana (University of Manchester - School of Social Sciences and Salford University) have posted Crime in the Era of COVID-19: Evidence from

England on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The rapid spread of the... [...]