I have already spent a very large number of hours this weekend watching sports (congrats Tiger and Let’s Go Jackets), and I still have lots more sports (deGrom and Alonso are on my fantasy team) and a series premier still to watch tonight. But amidst all the nice distractions (and finally some nice weekend weather in central Ohio), I was able to catch up with some notable recent criminal justice commentary from an array of notably diverse sources. Each of these linked pieces merit their own blog post, but a busy weekend requires just this round-up:
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Via The Crime Report by TCR Staff, “Does College Education in Prison Work? Ask the 8,800 Inmates Who Got Pell Grants“
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Via The Marshall Project by Nicole Lewis, “Can Better Data Fix Florida’s Prisons? A landmark law lets the state track people through the justice system. But that’s tougher than it sounds.“
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Via The New York Times by David Lat, “How Tough-on-Crime Prosecutors Contribute to Mass Incarceration“
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Via USA Today by Amy Bach, “Criminal justice reform is great. But where’s the data to show us whether it’s working?“
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Via The Volokh Conspiracy by Will Baude, “Death and the Shadow Docket: The Supreme Court’s efforts to shift procedures in death penalty litigation.“