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"The Smart On Crime Coalition" produces mega-report urging criminal justice reforms

By Douglas A. Berman

Via numerous e-mails, I have learned that The Smart on Crime Coalition, which describes itself as "a diverse coalition of the nation?s leading criminal justice reform organizations" has today released Smart on Crime: Recommendations for the Administration and Congress.  The group describes this new report as "among the most comprehensive reports ever published to address the problems confronting America?s criminal justice system." Here is more about the report from some of the e-mails I received: In its review of virtually every major criminal justice issue ? from overcriminalization to forensic science ? from juvenile justice to the death penalty ? and from indigent defense to executive clemency ? the report serves as both a source of information and a spur to action for the Administration and Congress...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 10, 2011 (boomark / email).