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The Sentencing Project
News
October 20, 2010
(New York Times, Wisconsin Journal-Sentinel, American Bar Association Journal)
Their Debt is Paid "The restoration movement gathered momentum after the 2000 election debacle in Florida, where thousands of people mistakenly listed as felons were purged from the rolls or turned away at the polls. Since then, several states ... streamlined the process that ex-offenders most go through to get back their rights," states a New York Times editorial which highlights The Sentencing Project's new felony disenfranchisement report Expanding the Vote: Felony Disenfranchisement Reform 1997 - 2010.
October 19, 2010
(George Mason University)
Congressional Briefing on Juvenile Justice October 26 The Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy at George Mason University cordially invites you to attend our next Congressional briefing, "Juvenile Justice in the Age of the Second Chance Act, the Youth Promise Act, and the JJDP Reauthorization Bill: Research Guided Policy Implications for Maximizing Reentry Initiatives for Adolescents," Tuesday, October 26 from 10:00a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, Room SVC 201/200.
October 18, 2010
Disenfranchisement News National: The Sentencing Project Releases Disenfranchisement Report
October 15, 2010
(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Cycle of Crime: Even More Young Offenders Sent to Florida Adult Courts "It started with petty theft. But then the offenses escalated, and three felony arrests later, 16-year-old Ryan Ray is facing first-degree-murder charges in the killing of a Kentucky man," reports the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
October 14, 2010
(State Bar of Wisconsin)
Supreme Court will Hear Case Involving Life Sentence of 14-year-old boy, Among Others "Among the 18 new cases slated for review by the Wisconsin Supreme Court is a high-profile case in which the court will decide whether sentencing a 14-year-old to life imprisonment constitutes cruel and unusual punishment," according to the State Bar of Wisconsin. |
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