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Publication • 2018
Corrections-Based Responses to the Opioid Epidemic, Vera Institute of Justice, 2018 March 2018 Corrections-Based Responses to the Opioid Epidemic: Lessons from New York State’s Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program Vedan Anthony-North, Leah G. Pope, Stephanie Pottinger, and Isaac Sederbaum From the Director The numbers behind America’s current opioid crisis …
Article • May 22, 2018 • from CLN June, 2018
Ohio Supreme Court Holds State Cannot Prove ‘Bulk Amount’ of Fentanyl Under Statute by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Because no standard pharmaceutical reference manual specifies a maximum daily dose in the usual dose range for fentanyl, a defendant’s conviction for aggravated possession of a “bulk amount” of the drug …
Article • May 22, 2018 • from CLN June, 2018
Ninth Circuit Reverses Drug Smuggling Conviction for Improper Exclusion of Evidence of Third-Party Culpability by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a defendant’s conviction for importation of methamphetamine because the district court improperly excluded relevant evidence that someone else committed …
Article • May 15, 2018 • from CLN June, 2018
Drug-Induced Homicide Laws Hurt Rather Than Help Opioid Overdose Crisis by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Lawmakers and prosecutors just don’t get it. Instead of treatment and prevention of opioid overdoses, lawmakers and prosecutors are pushing for more convictions under draconian drug-induced homicide laws in response to America’s deadly crisis. …
Honoring Police Includes Acknowledging Systemic Reform Is Needed by by Norm Stamper, Chief of Police of Seattle (Ret.), Seattle, Washington, for ACLU.org During the third week of May, tens of thousands of cops from across the nation will gather in Washington, D.C., for “Police Week” and its national memorial services, …
Texas Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice--Open Roads and Overflowing Jails--Addressing High Rates of Rural Pretrial Incarceration, May 2018 OPEN ROADS AND OVERFLOWING JAILS: Addressing High Rates of Rural Pretrial Incarceration by Marc Levin and Michael Haugen May 2018 May 2018 by Marc Levin Michael Haugen Center for Effective Justice …
The Osborne Association Report, May, 2018, The High Costs of Low Risk - The Crisis of America’s Aging Prison Population The High Costs of Low Risk: The Crisis of America’s Aging Prison Population The Osborne Association May 2018 Executive Summary Executive Summary During the past four decades, we have experienced …
Article • April 19, 2018 • from CLN May, 2018
Texas District Attorney Stops Prosecuting Trace Drug Cases by In 2017, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg changed an office policy by stopping the prosecution of thousands of trace drug cases from the Houston, Texas area. In doing so, Ogg fulfilled promises made during her unsuccessful 2014 campaign and her …
Penal Reform International, Thailand Institute of Justice: Global Prison Trends, 2018 GLOBAL PRISON TRENDS 2018 SPECIAL FOCUS Pull-out section The rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders in the era of sustainable development Global Prison Trends 2018 This document is co-published and produced with financial assistance from the Thailand Institute of Justice …
Article • March 16, 2018 • from CLN April, 2018
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Philly Decriminalizes Possession of Small Amounts of Marijuana by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Since 2014, police in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania have had the option of issuing a $25 fine in lieu of arresting a citizen found in possession of a small amount of marijuana. In 90 percent of all such …
Article • March 16, 2018 • from CLN April, 2018
Lack of Criminal Intent: Missouri Supreme Acquits on Drug Possession Charge by Suzanne Bring by Suzanne Bring The Missouri Supreme Court held that there was insufficient evidence to convict the defendant of possession of meth because her mere presence at a residence in which meth was discovered, without more, does …
Article • March 12, 2018
Police Caught Planting Drugs--on Body Cam! by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 19, 2017, the Maryland Office of the Public Defender released a video recording made by Baltimore Police Officer Richard Pinheiro's body-cam showing him planting drugs in a backyard then "discovering" them a few minutes later. Because …
Lindon v. Saffold, Complaint, 2018 Case: 1:18-cv-00442-DCN Doc #: 1 Filed: 02/23/18 1 of 12. PageID #: 1 Case: 1:18-cv-00442-DCN Doc #: 1 Filed: 02/23/18 2 of 12. PageID #: 2 Case: 1:18-cv-00442-DCN Doc #: 1 Filed: 02/23/18 3 of 12. PageID #: 3 Case: 1:18-cv-00442-DCN Doc #: 1 Filed: …
Article • February 22, 2018
Sheriff's Officials Indicted After Abusive School Drug Sweep by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna An unprecedented school-wide  sweep of Worth County High School by Worth County, Georgia, Sheriff's officials on April 14, 2017,  allegedly carried out to search for drugs came up empty, but instead resulted in charges filed against  …
Article • February 16, 2018 • from CLN March, 2018
Research Needed: Do Drug Dogs Respond to Drugs or Handler? by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The use of drug detecting dogs in law enforcement is ubiquitous across the country. They are a popular tool among police agencies, because a drug dog’s “alert” provides the probable cause necessary to legally …
Article • February 16, 2018 • from CLN March, 2018
Houston Police End Use of Error-Prone Drug Field Tests by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke In the summer of 2017, the Houston Police Department announced that it was ending its longstanding practice of using $2 field test kits for drugs that had frequently been used to persuade defendants to plead …
Article • February 16, 2018 • from CLN March, 2018
California Legalization of Marijuana Allows Convicted to Petition by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Proposition 64, which legalizes the sale of recreational marijuana in the state of California, also has a less publicized benefit for those with state marijuana felonies on their record. It allows them to petition to have …
Article • February 16, 2018 • from CLN March, 2018
San Francisco and San Diego Expunging Marijuana Convictions Under Prop 64 by San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón is acting upon a provision of Proposition 64 that has received relatively little media attention but is nonetheless extremely significant for tens of thousands of individuals—reduction, dismissal, or expungement of certain previous …
Bread for the World Institute - Mass Incarceration: A Major Cause of Hunger, 2018 BRIEFING PAPER NUMBER 35, FEBRUARY 2018 Mass Incarceration: A Major Cause of Hunger by Marlysa D. Gamblin Bread for the World Institute provides policy analysis on hunger and poverty, as well as strategies to end it. …
Article • January 19, 2018 • from CLN February, 2018
11th Circuit Rules Counsel Deficient for Failing to Challenge “Usable” Amount in Drug Case by David Reutter by David Reutter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ordered an evidentiary hearing in an ineffective assistance of counsel claim based on counsel’s failure to argue that some waste materials …
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