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SPD cannot poke, punch or stomp the facts; reform use-of-force abuses The Seattle Times … ruling that police can stop and frisk a person without probable cause if they have a reasonable suspicion a crime has been committed or about to be committed. Police can protect themselves based on facts, not a hunch. Seattle police can do better. … McGinn Says Fix It, Diaz Says It's Not Broken: Business as Usual in the SPDSeattlest SPD May Loosen Muzzle on CopsPubliCola Mayor orders SPD chief to act on Justice Dept.'s reformsNorthwest Cable News KING5.com all 52 news articles »

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HARTFORD, CT — While Connecticut has been closing jails and seeing a decline in the number of inmates, the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division reports that unsentenced inmates who stand accused of a crime have been on the rise. Unsentenced inmates have increased by 8% since May 2011, and … View full post on Collateral Magazine

Sentencing Reform in the Golden State, Part 1 Crosscurrents from KALW News Parole board commissioners make release decisions primarily based on prisoners' rehabilitation. Research shows that parole boards consider first, and most seriously, prisoners' conviction offense and criminal record. Behavior behind bars (including …

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Austin Chronicle (blog)

Criminal Justice Reform Bills Pass Austin Chronicle (blog) Rodney Ellis, expanding access to post-conviction DNA testing, and House Bill 215, an effort to improve the reliability of eyewitness identifications, each passed last week and will move to Perry's desk. The Advisory Panel convened after the 2010 …

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Prison reform bill stopped Van Buren Press Argus-Courier He said more than 90 percent of the labs in Arkansas fall under the less than 28 grams and reducing the crime from a B felony to D felony could mean a conviction that someone would have to serve only 120 days before parole eligibility. …

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What would real reform of Seattle police practices look like? Crosscut In the last three decades television has made cop shows and crime and justice a major part of their programming. So much so, the public begins to believe …

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BRIDGEPORT, CT – According to experts, Connecticut’s bail laws release many dangerous criminals and do not enforce rules requiring bondsmen to charge at least 10% of bail bonds up front. Experts also note that Connecticut’s “broken” bail system has allowed 17,000 accused criminals to skip out on bail. Bondsmen in … View full post on Collateral Magazine

An immigrant herself, Seattle's Pramila Jayapal leads the push for reform Seattle Times It promotes racial profiling, takes cops away from fighting street crime and makes them de facto immigration agents. Instead, she says, the feds should fix … and more »

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Irish Times

Release of rapist sparks call for reform Irish Times Murphy is also not subject to a post-release supervision order, which is a mechanism enabling courts to impose conditions on his release and monitor his …

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