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Illinois politicians aim to change word 'offender' to 'justice-impacted individual'
Fox News· 3 days agoAct of 2009 to change "references from ‘offenders’ to ‘justice-impacted individuals,'" among other...
Editorial: ‘Justice-impacted individual’ is a ‘doublethink’ phrase that could come back to haunt...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 day agoRight-wing Twitter sure went to town with “justice-impacted individual” this week, it being the kind of clueless phraseology that positively invites ridicule. Gov. J.B. Pritzker ...
Why GOP-majority Kansas Legislature and Gov. Laura Kelly were able to agree on these bills
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoHowever, legislative Democrats and Republicans have been able to make progress by working together...
Progressive Oregon district attorney ousted by tough-on-crime challenger
Fox News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoCritics have said such policies enable criminals and public safety risks. Portland, Ore., right, one...
GOP lawmakers propose repealing NC law they passed to erase criminal records
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 3 days agoA 2020 law was supposed to automatically erase arrest records after people were found not guilty or...
Governor appoints Jared Hoy as the new leader of Wisconsin’s prison system
WFRV 5 Green Bay· 1 hour agoMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers announced Friday that he is promoting a deputy secretary at the...
Donald Trump ally files ethics complaint against Judge Merchan
Newsweek· 3 days agoMAGA Republican Elise Stefanik has filed an ethics complaint against the judge overseeing...
The Ludicrous System That Makes It So Hard to Fight Crime in DC
Politico· 1 day agoThe judicial positions in question are not fancy federal judgeships where confirmations are apt to get bogged down in constitutional philosophy. Rather, they’re the jurists who try carjackings ...
Petis: Prioritize updating state pretrial system
Detroit News· 3 days agoOne year after Detroit successfully updated its bail system, most of Michigan continues to prioritize access to cash rather than risk to society for...
Justice Department sues Oklahoma over a new immigration law
NBC Universal via AOL· 3 days agoThe Justice Department sued Oklahoma this week over a new immigration law that would fine and jail...