The Morality of American Drug Policy
Eric E. Sterling, J.D., President of The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation in Silver Spring, will be speaking on "The Morality of American Drug Policy" to the Unitarian - Universalist Group at Leisure World -- Rossmoor, in Aspen Hill, Maryland, at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 24, 2007 in the Leisure World Chapel, 3680 South Leisure World Boulevard, Silver Spring, MD 20906. The event is free and open to the public.
Editorial: Things Are Gradually Moving in the Right Direction
A bill to repeal some mandatory minimum sentences in Maryland by restoring parole has gotten further so far than any similar attempt to date. But winning even when our case is the clearest is still a struggle.
Web Scan
Prison litigation, NPR, MPR, medical marijuana patients, FyR interviews, Bulletin of Cannabis Reform, Alternet, Marc Mauer on the "crime wave," DrugTruth radio, restore federal parole petition, National Drug Court Month.
Voting Rights: Florida Clemency Board Votes to Restore to Most Felons
Acting at the behest of Republican Gov. Charlie Crist, the state of Florida has moved to restore voting rights to most ex-felons.
Drug War Chronicle Book Review: "Policing the Globe: Criminalization and Crime Control in International Relations," by Peter Andreas and Ethan Nadelmann. (2006, Oxford University Press, 333 pp., $29.95 HB)
The war on drugs is one part of a web of international crime control regimes that have developed over centuries. But past definitions of crime and today's are not all the same.
Three Job Openings at the Harm Reduction Coalition, NY and CA
Three positions are now available at the nation's leading harm reduction organization.
Feature: Among Architects, a Prison Design Boycott Gains Steam
Architects are among those who profit from policies that lead to mass incarceration, but one professional grouping is leading a Prison Design Boycott Campaign.