In the City Journal, Professor Barry Latzer reviews Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration and How to Achieve Real Reform, by John F. Pfaff.[It] is probably the best book on so-called mass incarceration to date. A professor of law at Fordham, Pfaff doesn't cherry-pick data to support some a priori theory; staying empirically grounded, he grapples directly with the data--an approach that makes his argument for reducing imprisonment a very tough sell. If violent crime and other serious offenses are the primary reasons for incarceration, then why should we reduce imprisonment?The author's main point is that the usual explanations for the rise in imprisonment--the "standard story," as he calls it--are not only wrong but also counterproductive to de-incarceration efforts. The standard story has three components: the war on drugs, long prison sentences, and the growth of private prisons. Each of the three, Pfaff demonstrates, is a secondary contributor…
The Hard Realities of Hard Time
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NYPD traffic crackdown targets texting and speeding drivers
According to the NYPD, New York City drivers were slapped with 50 percent more speeding and texting tickets so far this year compared with the same period in 2016. There were more speeders caught in the Tottenville section of Staten Island than anywhere else. In Queens, the neighborhoods of Bayside and Little Neck had the highest number of drivers caught texting, while in Brooklyn’s East New York area saw the most people running red lights. The traffic crackdown is due to Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero plan to eliminate traffic-related deaths in entirety. Cops have issued a total of 25,395 speeding tickets in the five boroughs this year, compared with 16,642 during the same period in 2016, or 52.6 percent more. Tickets issued to texting drivers rose from 11,736 to 17,508 — or 49.1 percent — and red-light summonses have gone up 27.5 percent, from 19,462 to 24,815. In addition, officers and have issued 9.9 percent more…
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Two Barstow Men Arrested for Threatening Rumored Child Molester
6-9-17 California: BARSTOW – Two Barstow men were arrested for threatening a man who they believed was a sexual predator from Las Vegas, Nevada who was attempting to lure children into his car. On the evening of Tuesday, June 6, 2017, Barstow Police responded to Del Mar Avenue and Young Street regarding an assault. When they arrived the victim told them that he was at the AMPM gas station
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Raúl Tola y el Contralor
http://larepublica.pe/impresa/opinion/884488-contralor-en-racha "¿Con qué autoridad puede dirigir el principal órgano de control estatal una persona incapaz de aceptar las críticas, incluso las hechas en clave humor? ¿No debería ser el primero en mostrarse tolerante, cuando lo suyo es cuestionar las actuaciones ajenas, obligado como está a cautelar la legalidad del gasto público? ¿No le quitan suficiente tiempo sus obligaciones, sumadas a los quebraderos de cabeza en los que se ha metido, como para dedicarse a estas tonterías? ¿Cuánto más daño se debe permitir que le haga a una institución fundamental alguien que ahora encima demuestra haberle perdido el miedo al ridículo? ¿Qué espera Edgar Alarcón para irse a su casa?" MI COMENTARIO Comentar sobre el Contralor no ha sido ni es mi preocupación tampoco que un sujeto con la…
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OH9: Potential working meth lab was exigency for entry
Officer’s seeing meth through window and then bottles used for making meth suggested making methamphetamine which is recognized as an exigency. State v. Secriskey, 2017-Ohio-4169, 2017 Ohio App. LEXIS 2217 (9th Dist. June 7, 2017). Defendant gets limited discovery of … Continue reading →
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Racism and the Two-Peckered Billy Goat
Claire Fox isn’t the first person many would go to for their life philosophy. The Brit’s wiki page opens with a very weird description: Claire Regina Fox (born 5 June 1960 in Barton-upon-Irwell, Greater Manchester) is a British libertarian writer. She is the director and founder of the think tank the Institute of Ideas and a former member of the Revolutionary Communist Party. For many, the “libertarian” thing would be enough. Add to it the Revolutionary Communist Party and we’re pretty deep into tin-foil hat territory. So take Terry Murray’s review of her book, I find that offensive, with a grain of salt. Fox recalls how before the corpses of the Charlie Hebdo journalists had even grown cold, many who had initially defended the principle of free expression had U-turned to denouncing as inflammatory and offensive the cartoons that catalysed the incident, implying that the Hebdostaff were themselves to blame for the violence they suffered.…
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Francesca Denegri y el Femenicidio
http://elcomercio.pe/opinion/columnistas/ahi-ahi-encontrare-francesca-denegri-433363 En este enlace la señora Francesca Denegri continúa evidenciando la violencia contra la mujer y en el párrafo que comparto precisa además que, las víctimas eran “clasemedieras” y ahí termina su fundamento, pero tipifica para los lamentables casos que cita identificando con el dinero la supuesta clase social a la que, según ella, las mujeres asesinadas pertenecen, nada de educación, mucho menos donde viven NI UNA SOLA PALABRA sobre la violencia DIARIA que el sistema “democrático” ejerce sobre hombres y mujeres, tal es esta violencia que los asesinos, también los golpeadores y las mujeres obviamente, están resignados a vivir con lo que tienen cuando no a invadir propiedad ajena, en suma las mujeres y hombres del Perú no son dueños de nada ni siquiera de sus destinos, tan…
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W.D.Tex.: County Jail’s acceptance of ICE detainees without PC violates 4A
Bexar County jail’s acceptance of ICE detainers without a showing probable cause for the detention violates the Fourth Amendment. The collective knowledge doctrine doesn’t apply where there isn’t any communication between ICE and the jail other than the jail taking … Continue reading →
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Alfredo Bullard y la tiranía de masas
Un buen artículo de Alfredo Bullard de principio a fin, no comparto, naturalmente, lo haya o no dicho Jorge Luís Borges que "Las tiranía fomentan la estupidez". Cuando se usa un término a secas encajándole todos los males que, en su aplicación pueda tener, no sólo nos equivocamos sino que dejamos de pensar sobre el asunto, el gran quino en una de sus ilustraciones de "Mafalda" decía, "Estudia si no lo haces está obligado a creer en lo que otro te diga". Las tiranías responden al poder cualquiera sea el régimen de gobierno (democrático o dictatorial) no puedo referirme a los sistemas basados en la teología o la interpretación de la palabra de Dios que rige la vida en los países musulmanes. ´¿Cómo no será tirano y estúpido, por ejemplo, convertir al hombre violentado en su derechos TODOS los días,…
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D.D.C.: Google has to produce e-mails on server in Ireland, declining to follow 2d Cir. in Microsoft II
After Second Circuit split 4-4 on whether Google could be compelled to provide e-mails stored in a server in Ireland by a warrant, a USMJ in D.C. holds that Google has to produce e-mails stored on that server. In the … Continue reading →
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Proposed Florida Law to Require Interlock Devices for First DUI in Broward
A breath alcohol ignition interlock device, also known as a BAIID, IID, or ignition interlock device is a device that is mounted on the dashboard of a car near the steering wheel. It requires a driver to blow into a sample collection tube, and it will register the user’s blood alcohol content (BAC) as measured in grams of ethanol per 100 milliliters of blood. Ethanol is the type of alcohol that is approved for human consumption in beverages. If the BAC does not read 0.00 or within the tolerance limit closet to 0.00, the car will not start. Depending on the system, it will likely alert the company that monitors the BAIID, and this in turn will notify the defendant’s probation officer. This will likely result in a major problem for the defendant.Under current Florida law, BAIIDs are required for second DUI offense convictions, but not for first offenders. According to a recent news article from WUFT News, Florida state representative Cord Byrd…
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IA: “New crime” exception for a crime committed against a police officer after an allegedly unlawful entry is a part of attenuation
The “new crime” exception for a crime committed against a police officer after an allegedly unlawful entry is permitted under the attenuation doctrine. Here, defendant assaulted a police officer who pursued her into her house on a warrant for arrest … Continue reading →
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GA: Def’s visiting cousin with no key had no apparent authority to consent to search of house
Defendant’s cousin, visiting the house and working in the garage, had no apparent authority to consent to an entry. He made it clear it wasn’t his house, that he had no key and entered through an unlocked side door, and … Continue reading →
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Top Workers Compensation Lawyers | SC Workers Comp Attorneys
So where do you go to search for the top workers compensation lawyers? While you have to decide who is best for you, we invite you to compare our credentials and experience. Top Workers Compensation Lawyers Since starting his workers compensation practice over 28 years ago, Robert Reeves has committed himself to excellence. Consequently, he recently accepted an invitation to join The Workers Compensation Trial Lawyers Top 25. While an important honor, making a difference in his clients’ lives is his best reward. Hence, he treats every client and every case as a new opportunity to help someone in need. And if you hire him, he promises his very best efforts on your behalf. So what does he offer in experience? Since graduating from law school in 1989, Mr. Reeves started handling workers compensation cases. While he began his career as an insurance defense lawyer, he has represented injured workers for over 20 years. However, his experience as a defense attorney now helps him…
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Facing Murder Charges in Nevada
If you or someone you love has been accused of murder, then you are probably feeling frightened and alone. The courts regard murder as the most serious crime, and this means that they are apt to be over zealous in their prosecution. This means they may miss subtle clues that might absolve the suspect. This is why it’s critical to work with an experienced Las Vegas murder attorney. They are trained to look for even the minutest detail that might put reasonable doubt into the mind’s of jurors. Nevada’s laws defining murder and the punishment for this crime are found at NRS 200.030. To get a conviction, the prosecutor must prove that the defendant committed “the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought.” Murder charges are brought at the first degree or the second degree. First-degree charges are sought when the prosecutor believes that the defendant deliberately killed someone. These charges also may be used if the defendant is…
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Is adequate due process for capital cases "arguably impossible"?
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Highlighting unique challenging for certain employees precluded from using medical marijuana
BuzzFeed News has this lengthy new article about employment law limitations on use of medical marijuana. The lengthy full headline of the lengthy article serves as an effective summary: "This Firefighter Took A Doctor’s Advice To Use Medical Marijuana — Now He Could Be Fired: Medical marijuana is off-limits for...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MarijuanaLaw/~4/u__5JGl0pw0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>
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Police in Florida Need to be Careful When Promising Benefits to Suspects in Return for a Statement
As most people know, when a person is arrested or otherwise taken into custody, they have certain rights about which the police must inform that suspect. That person has a right to remain silent and consult a lawyer without ever speaking to the police. People always have this right, but it is only once they are in some sort of custody and under interrogation when the police must inform the suspect of those rights before moving forward with an interrogation. Few things damage a suspect’s criminal case more than speaking to police, particularly in the early stages of the case when the suspect does not know all of the details and the police have much more information about the case. It is almost always more beneficial for a suspect to remain silent at this point. When the police want to get a statement from a suspect, it is normally because the police feel like they can make their case against the suspect stronger with the statements the suspect…
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Unanswered questions about law-of-parties beyond death penalty
In our podcast the other day, Texas Defender Service Executive Director Amanda Marzullo estimated that 10 percent of death-row defendants were convicted under the law of parties, and discussed the absence of data about how often the law-of-parties doctrine is used in cases involving lesser punishments.Besides the implications for lower level offenses, which Mandy ably discussed in the podcast, that estimate/observation raises another question to which she did not immediately have an answer: What is the proportion of law-of-parties cases among defendants accused of capital crimes who ended up sentenced, usually via plea bargain, to life without parole (LWOP)?Grits has never been a fan of Texas' LWOP statute, having believed from the beginning that life with the possibility of parole after 40 years should have still been a possibility. (Most capital defendants are REALLY young.) But if it turns out that law-of-parties convictions happen at a higher rate than among death…
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Gov. Abbott mistakes incarceration smell for "freedom"
Governor Greg Abbott made a speech in Bell County recently declaring that, as one drove north out of Austin, one could notice a different smell, which he declared was the smell of "freedom."Let's interrogate this for a moment: In 2014, Bell County had 30.3 prison admissions per 10,000 residents, compared to 21.1 in Travis County. (Source.) One county north, McLennan County has a incarceration rate of 48.1 prison admissions per 10,000, more than double Travis County's rate. Going one county further north up IH-35 to Hill County, we get to an incarceration rate of 71.2 per 10,000 people.So seemingly there's less freedom - in terms of higher percentages of the public being incarcerated - not more, as one heads north from the Austin metro area.Unless we're defining "freedom" in essentially Orwellian terms to mean the opposite of the dictionary definition (which includes "the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved"), what Gov.…
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