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Noting some great successes in Texas justice

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this Januray 2010 publication from the Texas Public Policy Foundation, the story of Texas justice (at least in the non-capital arena) is one that should garner much attention and praise.  The publication is titled "Texas Criminal Justice Reform: Lower Crime, Lower Cost," and here is how it starts: In recent years, Texas has strengthened alternatives to incarceration for adults and juveniles, achieving significant reductions in crime while avoiding more than $2 billion in taxpayer costs that would have been incurred had Texas simply constructed more than 17,000 prison beds that a 2007 projection indicated would be needed.  Similarly, juvenile crime has markedly declined at the same time Texas has reduced the number of youths in state institutions by 52...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 09, 2010 (boomark / email).