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The stakes are rising in Atlanta
The Georgia Attorney General has indicted 61 people associated with the ‘stop cop city’ movement in Atlanta with very serious RICO charges. Defendants…
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Chloe Cockburn
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Yes, slavery is still legal in the U.S. But pressure is building to change that
Forced prison labor is constitutional under the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery except for people convicted of a crime. Yes, forced labor is…
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Chloe Cockburn
Latest roundup of criminal justice news, updates, and commentary
Top reads: Listening to Taylor Swift in prison; Dungeons and Dragons on death row; the regulation of grief in prison. Topics to get smart on: Prison…
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Chloe Cockburn
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Four rationales for punishment
As any law student who’s studied criminal law will tell you, there are four traditional rationales for punishment: retribution (giving someone their…
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Chloe Cockburn
August 2023
Hot topic in the debate: prosecutors
You may have seen or heard that candidates at the Republican debate last night spent a lot of time bashing elected prosecutors. Why did this formerly…
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Chloe Cockburn
August 23 roundup of criminal justice news, commentary, media and reports
Top reads: The Connecticut miracle; Jamelle Bouie on why billionaires backed Hanania; Sentenced to life as boys; know your seasons; most police spending…
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Chloe Cockburn
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Heat Desperation in a Texas Prison
Kwaneta Harris is an incarcerated writer held in solitary confinement in Texas. The following are the beginning paragraphs of her recent story. Go read…
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Chloe Cockburn
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The Battle for Rikers
In the six years since Mayor DeBlasio committed to closing the deadly and decrepit Rikers Island jail complex, which traumatizes and impoverishes tens…
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Chloe Cockburn
July 2023
June 2023
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