The title of this post is the title of this notable new report from the John Howard Association. Here is part of its executive summary: nbsp; With political backing and public
will, a new reentry system can and should be built. A foundation is currently being laid through public-private partnerships that recognize the importance of meeting [...]
Chad Flanders (Saint Louis University - School of Law) has posted Is Having Too Many Aggravating Factors the Same as Having None at All?: A Comment on the Hidalgo Cert. Petition
(UC Davis Law Review Online, vol. 51, 2017) on... [...]
Chad Flanders and Desiree Austin-Holliday (Saint Louis University - School of Law and Saint Louis University - School of Law) have posted 'Dangerous Instruments': A Case Study
in Overcriminalization (Missouri Law Review, Vol. 83, No. 2, Spring 2018) on SSRN.... [...]
Chad Flanders (Saint Louis University - School of Law) has posted How Much Certainty do We Need to Punish? A Reply to Kolber (University of Illinois Law Review, No. Spring,
2018) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Scene: Outside Brooklyn... [...]
As noted in this prior post, the US House of Representative's Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security (of the Committee on the Judiciary) this afternoon held
an Oversight Hearing on the "Federal Bureau of Prisons and Implementation of the First Step Act." Now on this House webpage are links to all the witness written [...]
In this post earlier this year, I blogged about the celebrities and business leaders coming together to form the REFORM Alliance, which is committed to "dramatically reduce
the number of people who are unjustly under the control of the criminal justice system – starting with probation and parole." I have long had great respect for [...]
Mihailis Diamantis (University of Iowa - College of Law) has posted The Problem of Algorithmic Corporate Misconduct on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Technology will soon force
broad changes in how we conceive of corporate liability. The law’s doctrines for... [...]
The title of this post is the title of this notable new report coming from folks at UCLA. This webpage provides this overview of the report's coverage: Work, Pay, or Go
to Jail: Court-Ordered Community Service in Los Angeles is the first study to analyze a large-scale system of court-ordered community service in the contemporary [...]
As detailed in this press release from the office of U.S. Senator Gary Peters, a sizable group of Senators have reintroduced a criminal justice reform bill that I have long
viewed as worthwhile. Here are excerpts from the release: U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and John Cornyn (R-TX) [Wenesday] announced the [...]
Chad Flanders (Saint Louis University - School of Law) has posted Criminals Behind the Veil: Political Philosophy and Punishment (Brigham Young University Journal of Public
Law, vol. 31, no. 83, 2017) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: There is evidence... [...]
