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| Criminal Justice System Requires Review |
| By sentencingproject.org |
| Published: 06/22/2009 |
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National Criminal Justice Commission Act Hearing Panelists Agree: Criminal Justice System Requires a Comprehensive Review The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs held a hearing last Thursday on the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009, introduced by Senator Jim Webb of Virginia. Chairman Arlen Specter lead the hearing which assembled a wide ranging panel consisting of Chief William Bratton of the Los Angeles Police Department; Pat Nolan, Vice President of the Prison Fellowship; Professor Charles J. Ogletree of Harvard Law School; and Brian W.Walsh, Senior Legal Research Fellow, Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation. Despite the different political leanings of the panel members, they all agreed that the criminal justice system requires a comprehensive review. Issue Area(s): Sentencing Policy, Incarceration, Racial Disparity, Drug Policy “Our problems are systemic, widespread, and growing,” said LAPD Chief Bratton. “Only a singularly focused blue ribbon commission comprised of informed practitioners, scholars, policy makers, and civil rights activists can adequately address the calculated formation of intervention and prevention strategies.” Bratton emphasized the need for creative methods for preventing crime, some of which already exist in some cities, and could be expanded with city specific modifications. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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