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November 7, 2014 (The Sentencing Project) HOT OFF THE PRESSES: THE SENTENCING PROJECTS 2014 NEWSLETTER Our 2014 Newsletter is out! Read it to find out what we’ve been up to in the last year, including: How three states – New York, New Jersey, and California – reduced their prison populations in the range of 25% and saw their crime rates generally decline even faster than the national average Updates on federal sentencing reform, including the United States Sentencing Commission’s decision to apply their reduced sentencing guidelines retroactively to 46,000 people currently serving time for drug offenses How state advocates from across the country gained insight and support in strategizing for racial impact statements from The Sentencing Project during our State Advocacy Convening Our new publications, including Race and Punishment: Racial Perceptions of Crime and Support for Punitive Policies and three new briefs on juvenile life without parole and racial disparities in youth justice
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:29:05 +0000

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