Appeal/Book
Offer:
Race
to
Incarcerate,
by
Marc
Mauer
7/14/06
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/444/race-to-incarcerate.shtml
In "Race to Incarcerate,"
Marc Mauer, executive director of The Sentencing Project, explores the
political, financial, and human toll of the "get tough" movement against
crime and assesses why this policy has failed, making a compelling argument
against the unprecedented rise in the use of imprisonment in the United
States over the last 25 years. Race to Incarcerate also brings to
light the devastating reality of disenfranchisement -- for example, 13
percent of African American men are ineligible to vote because of criminal
convictions -- in ten states more than one in five black men are barred
from voting because of their criminal records.
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Issue #444
-- 7/14/06
Editorial:
Not
Playing
by
the
Rules,
Not
Making
Sense
|
Appeal/Book
Offer:
Race
to
Incarcerate,
by
Marc
Mauer
|
Feature:
Judge
Throws
Out
Part
of
Alaska
Marijuana
Recriminalization
Law,
Up
to
An
Ounce
is
Now
Legal
At
Home
|
Feature:
Methamphetamine
as
Child
Abuse
Laws
Gain
Ground,
But
Do
They
Help
or
Hurt?
|
Law
Enforcement:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Story
|
Law
Enforcement:
Goose
Creek
Agrees
to
Pay
Up,
Change
Ways
in
Settlement
of
Notorious
High
School
Drug
Raid
Case
|
Sentencing:
California
Governor
Signs
Bill
Amending
Proposition
36,
Is
Immediately
Sued
|
Search
and
Seizure:
Vermont
Judge
Says
State
Constitution
Provides
Protection
Even
if
Federal
Doesn't
|
Sentencing:
Justice
Kennedy
Lashes
Out
at
Harsh
Prison
Terms
|
Harm
Reduction:
San
Diego
Reinstates
Needle
Exchange
Program
|
First
Amendment:
New
Michigan
Law
Bans
Methamphetamine
Recipes
on
Internet
|
Middle
East:
US
Troops,
Iraqi
Police
Seize
Marijuana
Plants
|
Web
Scan:
Sentencing
Project
and
Others
Report
to
UN
Human
Rights
Committee,
CURE
on
Prisons
in
OAS
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
|
Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
|
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