“Regulatory Crimes and the Mistake of Law Defense” [Paul Larkin, Heritage]
Victims of sex offender registry laws, cont’d [Lenore Skenazy]
James Forman, Jr.: case against mass incarceration can stand on its own without flawed Jim Crow analogy [Boston Review and N.Y.U. Law Review, 2011-12]
“For-profit immigration jails, where the inmates — convicted of nothing — work for less than peanuts.” [@dangillmor on Los Angeles Times]
“The New Science of Sentencing: Should prison sentences be based on crimes that haven’t been committed yet?” [Marshall Project on statistically derived risk assessments in sentencing]
Group of 600 New England United Methodist churches issues resolution calling for an end to Drug War [Alex Tabarrok, who was also profiled the other day]
Prison guard in Florida speaks up about witnessing abuse of inmate, and pays a price [disturbing content, Miami Herald]

2 Comments

If you applied the logic of the sex-offender laws to the logical conclusion, the 14-year-old who lied about her age should receive an equal sentence. These one-sided laws are always harsher for male offenders than for women.
- August 11, 2015 12:06 PM
- By Robert
I’m sure when those Florida prison guards get to hell there will be high-fives all around. Just before the gates close.
- August 11, 2015 7:05 PM
- By Canvasback