criminal justice

"Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling" Illustrates Exploding Incarceration

...  to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling" illustrates exploding incarceration … Mauer, who is executive director of The Sentencing Project and widely considered one of the country's leading experts on the criminal justice system, says the idea for the graphic novel… Continue reading

I Have Seen Many People Ask for an All Steroid Team but How About an All Illegal Amphetamine Team With Players?

...  Schmidt, along with others in the 80’s and 90’s, were cheaters, as well. It’s funny how some people vilify Bonds, McGuire, and Sosa, thinking that the guys prior to the Steroid era were Saints. Answer by hubert cMy only… Continue reading

Jailing Rate Gets 'catastrophe' Rap

...  rate gets 'catastrophe' rap The statistics show a striking disparity between sentencing rates in different parts of England and Wales. Courts in Sussex imposed custodial sentences in 3.3 per cent of the cases they heard in 2011 – more… Continue reading

A Mother Reinvents Herself as a Criminal Justice Advocate After Her Twins Go

...  mother reinvents herself as a criminal justice advocate after her twins go … … to the government in prosecuting another offender. With a crack epidemic raging, Congress had created mandatory minimums for drug cases, with one gram of crack… Continue reading

St Louis Rehab Center, Midwest Institute for Addiction, Inspires Patients With

...  message to many different locations including a drug rehab center, youth prison, special needs secondary school, preschool and a nursing home. The students also got to … Read more on Sidney Daily News (subscription) Rx Drug Abuse Rates Steadily… Continue reading

Prosecutors: Drug Trafficker Gets 10 Years

...  Drug trafficker gets 10 years LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Prosecutors say a federal judge has sentenced one of the leaders of a methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking organization based in Abbeville to 10 years in federal prison. … Information from:… Continue reading