Criminal Justice Reform

5+ hour, 37+ min ago   (487+ words) ▲ Democratic Party leader Kim Min-seok speaks during a high-level party-government consultative meeting held at the Prime Minister's Seoul Official Residence in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, on the 13th. The Democratic Party and the government held a high-level party-government consultative meeting today (the…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1001+ words) Eric Zimmerman Questions Data Used to Justify LEAD Program (The Center Square) - False information led Congress and others to appropriate tens of millions of dollars in cities across the nation for the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion model, data shows. As…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (323+ words) The California Senate Rules Committee has appointed Gabriella Garcia, executive director of Storyteller, to serve as a commissioner for First 5 California. She was appointed at the recommendation of California Senator Pro Tempore Monique Limon, who represents Santa Barbara in the…...

3+ day, 43+ min ago   (92+ words) Local News Matters The executive director of an agency responsible for approving land annexations in Napa County has been placed on paid administrative leave amid a massive expansion effort in American Canyon, county officials confirmed on Tuesday. Brendon Freeman, who…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (418+ words) A South Dakota state agency requests an average of 249 driver’s license suspensions per month as part of its efforts to collect debts owed to state government, a legislative oversight panel heard Tuesday. The figure hasn’t changed much in recent years,…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (667+ words) In 2019, California Gov. Gavin Newsom called the state’s death penalty system a failure and issued an executive order halting executions. His order — and the sight of the lethal injection gurney and the gas chamber chair being driven away from San…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (117+ words) Republican candidate Minerva Torres Shelton is outlining her priorities as she campaigns for El Paso County Judge. Torres Shelton is running against Democratic El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego in the November 3rd general election. In an interview with ABC-7’s…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (179+ words) YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) - Yuma County supervisors approved a change to a local speed limit and discussed possible changes to county offices and the county logo. The Public Defender's Office is currently split between two locations. Supervisors are considering moving it…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (168+ words) The La Mesa City Council has appointed Tara Mazzanti as the city's next City Attorney, effective Oct. 13, following the retirement of City Attorney Glenn Sabine. Mazzanti has more than 18 years of municipal law experience in California. She most recently served…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (451+ words) Topics › Criminal Justice Reform Reason Foundation’s recent report, Taxation by Citation: A 50-State Data and Policy Report on Local Government Fines and Forfeitures, offers the most comprehensive picture yet of this issue. On September 3, a Reason Foundation webinar with leading…...