According to the Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization that focuses on the U.S. criminal justice system, about half of the 2.2 million people currently incarcerated in the United States are parents. One in five of them have child support … Continue reading
In my column on Sunday concerning Obama’s push to rehabilitate ex-cons and reintegrate them into society, I wrote, “He’d better not be planning to give criminals the speed pass to the front of the line.” On Monday afternoon, Obama spoke … Continue reading
This week for his address to the nation, the President essentially rehashed his address from two weeks ago. 2.2 million people (including illegals) behind (state and federal) bars. $80 billion in taxes to keep people (also known as criminals) incarcerated. … Continue reading
As soon as I saw the heading for this week’s presidential address to the nation, “Working for Meaningful Criminal Justice Reform,” I thought, oh boy, here we go. Obama should have some doozies in this one. He wasted no time … Continue reading
For the past nine months since the Michael Brown shooting, people have been taking to the streets in major cities to protest police departments. Some protests have been peaceful, but a large number of them have turned to chaos, with … Continue reading
Lately I’ve read quite a few articles and blog posts about how poor people are being criminalized. The articles list examples from Ferguson, Baltimore, and other cities where incidents of social unrest have dominated recent headlines to prove their point. … Continue reading
I have long since thought that our judicial system isn’t harsh enough on predators–predators being those who prey on the weak…children, elderly, disabled. If given a second chance, they inevitably reoffend. A perfect example of this is a 35-year-old man … Continue reading
