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05/03/2012
Policing

Tasers No Longer a Non-Lethal Alternative for Law Enforcement

By Rebecca McCray, Criminal Law Reform Project & Emma Andersson, Criminal Law Reform Project at 3:39pm
Tasers subject their victims to a 50,000 volt shock followed by 100 microsecond pulses of 1,200 volts.   Since 2001, more than 500 people in the United ... Read More
03/15/2012
Medical Marijuana

Should We Deny Ill People on Probation Access to Medicine?

By Ezekiel Edwards, Criminal Law Reform Project & Emma Andersson, Criminal Law Reform Project at 4:58pm
In 2000, Colorado voters approved an amendment to their state constitution that allows patients suffering from conditions like cancer, glaucoma and HIV/AIDS to use ... Read More
01/30/2012
Crack Sentencing

Congress Stood Up for Fairer Sentencing. The Supreme Court Should Too.

By Emma Andersson, Criminal Law Reform Project at 3:17pm
Today we filed a friend-of-the-court brief in two Supreme Court cases that deal with the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (FSA), which reduced the disparity between ... Read More
12/22/2011
Fair Sentencing Act

Will the Supreme Court Render the Fair Sentencing Act Less Fair?

By Emma Andersson, Criminal Law Reform Project & Ezekiel Edwards, Criminal Law Reform Project at 5:58pm
(Also posted on ACSBlog.) Read More
11/23/2011
Overincarceration

Obama's Commutation: A Prelude to Systemic Reform?

By Emma Andersson, Criminal Law Reform Project at 3:21pm
There are hundreds of thousands of Americans serving outrageously long prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenses as a result of our nation’s widely ... Read More
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