Showing posts with label Criminal Justice Policy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Criminal Justice Policy. Show all posts
Thursday, August 28, 2025

The Cost of Trump's Cashless Bail Crackdown: A Waste of Taxpayer Dollars and an Erosion of Justice

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President Trump is at it again signing executive orders this week. One of them had to do with making flag burning unconstitutional. I do not...
Thursday, May 1, 2025

Migrant Crime Wave Is a Myth: New Study Shows Immigrants Are Much Less Likely to Commit Crimes

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During Trump's presidential campaign, he pushed the idea that there is a "migrant crime wave." Essentially, his argument that ...
Thursday, February 6, 2025

Trump Revives His Trade War, This Time Under the Guise of Fighting the War on Drugs

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The Tariff Man is at it again. Last Saturday, Trump imposed 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico, as well as an additional 10 percent tar...
Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Measure 110 Had Its Limits, But Oregon Re-Criminalizing Drug Possession Is a Step Backwards

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In 2020, the state of Oregon passed Measure 110 . The point of this Measure was to decriminalize all drugs. Instead of jail time, the punish...
Thursday, April 4, 2024

Idaho Banning Syringe Services Program Is a Stab in the Back of Idahoans

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Last week, the state of Idaho took a step backwards in public health. Idaho's Governor Brad Little signed HB617 into law, which repeals ...
Monday, January 15, 2024

Meta-Analysis Shows That "Systemic Racism" Does Not Really Exist In U.S. Criminal Sentencing

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Today is Martin Luther King Day. It is hard not to think about the man and the legend. MLK had to face Jim Crow laws, which de jure  forced ...
Thursday, January 11, 2024

Maine to Show How Partial Prostitution Decriminalization Will Give the Shaft to All Parties Involved

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Although I aspire to keep apprised of everything going on in the world, the truth is that it is not possible. There is only so much time and...
Thursday, November 30, 2023

Graffiti Decriminalization Has No Place in Civil Society

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I recently came back from a sublime vacation in Colombia. I did so much in 11 days. I tried scuba diving, mud-bathing, paragliding, and ridi...
Monday, July 17, 2023

Note to Washington Post: Drug Decriminalization in Portugal Has Been a Success

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In July 2001, Portugal underwent a controversial social experiment. Portugal decided to decriminalize all of its drugs for personal use, inc...
Monday, November 21, 2022

2022 Ballots Eliminating Prison Labor in Four States is a Moral and Economic Victory

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Prison labor, alternatively known as penal labor, is labor that is performed by incarcerated or detained individuals. While it is true that ...
Tuesday, June 7, 2022

8 Reasons Why a Menthol Cigarette Ban Should Go In the Ash Heap of History

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A little over a month ago, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a proposal to ban menthol cigarettes. Why go after menthol cigar...
Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Why Supporting the Death Penalty Goes Against Conservative Values

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Back in the 1970s and 1980s, crime rates were spiking in the United States. In response, both the Left and Right in the U.S. took a "to...