A Year of Criminal Justice Reform Wins

A Year of Criminal Justice Reform Wins | Arnold Ventures

In 2023, jurisdictions across the United States enacted groundbreaking policy changes on policing, sentencing, court fees, public defense, ...

Recent Wins on Justice Show Reform is Here to Stay - FWD.us

Advances in the criminal justice reform movement have shifted Americans' understanding of mass incarceration and the need for reform.

New Polling Confirms Ongoing Support for Criminal Justice Reform ...

A significant 81% of likely voters support criminal justice reform, with a third "strongly" in favor. This support transcends political affiliations.

32 reforms to the criminal legal system ripe for victory in 2024

Today, as lawmakers across the country prepare to return to state capitol buildings for their 2024 legislative sessions, we released our ...

Top Trends in Criminal Legal Reform, 2023 - The Sentencing Project

Explore key changes formerly incarcerated activists, lawmakers, and advocates took to challenge mass incarceration in at least 10 states in 2023.

5 Big Wins for Criminal Justice in 2022 | Arnold Ventures

The year demonstrated that criminal justice reforms remain popular, effective, and on-track despite a challenging political climate.

Bipartisan Criminal-Justice Reform Is Still Very Much Alive

“What's now clear is that the support for criminal-justice reform was a mile wide and an inch deep,” David A. Graham wrote in The Atlantic.

California deals criminal justice reform a punishing blow - POLITICO

A widely popular tough-on-crime ballot measure, the ouster of LA's liberal district attorney and early leads for recall efforts in Oakland ...

How Criminal Justice Reformers Fared in the Midterms

Crime became a major issue in the 2022 election, but using it as a campaign cudgel was far from a guaranteed path to victory.

The State Of Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform

In the summer of 2020, as millions of people demonstrated for racial justice following the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, ...

What Trump's Election Would Mean for Criminal Justice Policy

As president, Trump signed a sweeping criminal justice reform measure. During the campaign this year, he's returned to his roots as a ...

Despite Backlash, Voters and Lawmakers Continue to Choose ...

Amy Weirich aggressively pursued the death penalty, fought against bail reform, sent more children to adult court than any other prosecutor in ...

Data on Sentencing Reform Shows the First Step Act Worked

Click here to receive it in your inbox. Get ready: in election year 2024, fears of crime and warnings about criminal justice reform will become ...

5 Things to Know About Kamala Harris' Criminal Justice Record

Harris' record on criminal justice — as a former prosecutor, senator and 2020 presidential candidate, as well as vice president — will face new ...

Criminal Justice Reform: Trump's Indifference vs. Harris's Mixed ...

Republicans briefly took a less punitive approach to the issue—but will now demonize Harris for considering doing the same.

Top Trends in Criminal Justice Reform, 2022 - The Sentencing Project

Advocates achieved important changes in 2022 to challenge extreme sentencing, expand voting rights and advance youth justice.

Criminal justice reform in the United States - Wikipedia

Criminal justice reform seeks to address structural issues in criminal justice systems such as racial profiling, police brutality, overcriminalization, ...

California backlash hands defeat to progressive criminal justice reform

They gave Kamala Harris full support, but in a backlash, California voters turned tough on crime, turning down progressive criminal justice ...

Tide shifts against criminal justice reform among California voters

California voters passed a tough-on-crime ballot measure and ousted progressive prosecutors, signaling a shift in attitudes around public ...

Exploring how a President Harris might handle criminal justice issues

Republicans are attacking Kamala Harris for being soft on crime. But her record as a district attorney and California attorney general isn't ...