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Noticing the religious right's prison awakening and a new politics

By Douglas A. Berman

This New York Times piece, headlined "Unlikely Allies on a Former Wedge Issue," discussus the political activism of some evangelical Christians concerning prison reform.  Here are snippets from an effective piece:During his years as the attorney general of Virginia, Mark Earley periodically visited his state?s prisons. In a very real way, he was looking at the human consequences of his career as a public servant, the men and women jailed for fixed, lengthy sentences without parole under laws Mr. Earley had endorsed. Not surprisingly, many inmates pulled back a few steps when introduced to their visitor. Eventually, though, Mr. Earley took their measure. What he discovered, he recalled in a recent interview, were ?not the Ted Bundys, the mass murderers? but ?kids who reminded me of my kids, serving 5, 10, 15 years for drugs and going out and being rearrested again...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 28, 2008 (boomark / email).