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Time to Find the Key
Loaded on March 15, 2023
by Jayson Hawkins
published in Criminal Legal News
April, 2023, page 42
Filed under:
Overcrowding,
U.S. Sentencing Guidelines,
Overdetention,
Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
Location:
United States of America.
by Jayson Hawkins
“Lock’em up and throw away the key” has long been the rallying cry of the tough-on-crime crowd. While this approach may have an intuitive appeal to a public frightened by stories about crime in the media, a series of recent studies has challenged the rationale of long ...
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- After Years of Hard Work and Dedication, Adnan Syed Is Freed by Serendipity, by Jayson Hawkins
- The Power of the Prosecutor in America: Abuse, Misconduct, Unaccountability, and Miscarriages of Justice, by Casey Bastian
- Massachusetts Supreme Court: Probationer’s Due Process Right to Present a Defense Violated Where Denied Opportunity to Call Complainant Who Alleged Sexual Assault as a Witness During Probation Revocation Hearing, by Harold Hempstead
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