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Politics of crime (criminal politics) and prison legal issues. Associated with Prison Innocence Project.
By 'Major' Mori Goodbar, Esq.

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Last Entry: August 23, 2011 at 06:52:00

Prison Talk

Posted on April 06, 2008
This site made news today. Thanks Doc! This is the NYT piece on it, including many good references on prison culture and media.

Posted on March 29, 2008
At this link is a post titled "Who is Trying to Count Sentencing Mistakes?" Berman explores and readers offer helpful comments on this topic as well as the phenom of innocents' convictions. One in seven seems to be the low estimate. This is not cool...

Candidates on Policy

Posted on March 25, 2008
Where they stand, via Sentencing Project.

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Sex Crimes: Where Nobody Wants to Go

Posted on March 21, 2008
This post, referencing an in-depth 4-part series by the Deseret Morning News (Utah) by Doug is a must read for all involved in the sex crimes arena, legislators, enforcers, and other professionals alike. The public could find a healthy dose of reality there as well...

Criminal Law Blog

Posted on March 19, 2008
Kent's Crime and Consequences needed to be moved into the best crime and criminal category.

Rothgery Argument in Supreme Court

Posted on March 17, 2008
a policy of denying appointed counsel to arrestees released from jail on bond and by failing to adequately train and monitor those involved in the appointment-of-counsel process.This is at the core of Rothgery v. Gillespie County, (scotusblogwiki) to be argued today in the Supreme Court...

"Supreme Court , Inc." in Numbers

Posted on March 16, 2008
Reading this made me feel exactly the way I felt after seeing No Country for Old Men, which won Best Pic: The bad guys are getting away with murder. So what? Here's a little snippet from a review of Alterman's new book, Why We're Liberals, by Scott McLemee who serves on the board of the National Book Critics Circle...

Prison Nation: A Response

Posted on March 16, 2008
NYT Published: March 16, 2008 (more letters at link) Editorial: Prison Nation (March 10, 2008) Re ?Prison Nation? (editorial, March 10):The United States prison population is out of control. Minimalist efforts such as alternatives to incarceration and parole reform may be politically palatable, but they will have no significant effect...

Public Not Pissed Off Yet?

Posted on March 14, 2008
Link here to an update of the Second Chance Act over at Doc Bermans. Here also, for the first post on it. Wall Street is always interested in the costs, but not always for the right reasons. In this case the costs of the over-incarceration, and now the costs of the remedy...

Follow the Money: (Not the Spitzer Affair)

Posted on March 11, 2008
Uh-oh.

Sex Offenders, The Constitution, and Your Tax Dollars

Posted on March 11, 2008
Very interesting display of a waste of your tax dollars here and here. Both, from the New York Times, picked up by Doc Berman, show how the federal government can take the lead. Only in these instances, the wrong direction being taken. Backwards is not forward...

Mass Incarceration and the Liberal

Posted on March 07, 2008
Insights into the politics of crime from Doug at this permalink Recent ideas for reform include asset forfeiture for sex crimes. I happen to think that this would be a solution worse than the problem it seeks to solve, as with registries. Money isn't a motivating factor in this type of crime, in contrast to the drug trade...