Amid persistent discussions and debates over public safety, I often notice that traffic harms do not garner the amount of attention or concern as traditional crimes. This reality is on my mind again with the latest official news on traffic
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California board, after 17 rejections, finally paroles last person convicted in 1976 school bus mass kidnapping
This Los Angeles Times article, headlined “Man behind 1976 kidnapping of 26 Chowchilla children and bus driver is granted parole,” reports on a notable parole outcome this week. Here are just some of the interesting particulars:
A parole board…
Texas completes only its second execution in 2022
As reported in this AP piece, “Texas on Wednesday put to death a man who fatally stabbed a suburban Dallas real estate agent more than 16 years ago, the second execution this year in what has been the nation’s…
Woman reportedly given 34-year prison term(!) for Twitter activity by Saudi Arabia's special terrorist court
I know relatively little about sentencing law and processes in other nations, but I do know that this new Guardian report about an extreme Saudi Arabian sentence is quite disconcerting. The press piece is fully headlined “Saudi woman given 34-year…
Split First Circuit panel holds dormant Commerce Clause applies to federally illegal marijuana businesses
In a notable ruling today in Northeast Patients Group v. United Cannabis Patients and Caregivers of Maine, No. 21-1719 (1st Cir. Aug. 17, 2022) (available here), a split First Circuit panel applied the dormant Commerce Clause to a provision of…
"Countermajoritarian Criminal Law"
The title of this post is the title of this new article now available via SSRN authored by Michael L. Smith. Here is its abstract:
Criminal law pervades American society, subjecting millions to criminal enforcement, prosecution, and punishment every year. …
Oklahoma Gov grants 60-day execution stay for Richard Glossip while courts consider innocence claim
As reported in this AP piece, “Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt granted death row inmate Richard Glossip a 60-day stay of execution on Tuesday while a state appeals court considers his claim of innocence.” Here is more:
Stitt signed an…
Notable new Gallup polling on marijuana attitudes and use
The folks at Gallup are reporting here some intriguing new polling data under the headline “Americans Not Convinced Marijuana Benefits Society.” Here is part of the write up of the results of new Gallup polling: Americans are evenly split in…
"Youth Incarceration & Abolition"
The title of this post is the title of this new article authored by Subini Annamma and Jamelia Morgan. Here is its abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the dangers of the juvenile legal system; this should make it…
Notable new polling on prison oversight and criminal justice reform attitudes
Via email I learned this morning that the organization FAMM released the results of a new national poll on various criminal justice questions. The polling explored most fully prison oversight issues and the FAMM email about the poll stressed that…