In a speech to the annual convention of the NAACP in Philadelphia on Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama made the case for criminal justice reform that, at its most noteworthy points, candidly addressed the effects of overpolicing, the scourge of mass incarceration, and the impact of institutional racism. “In recent years, the eyes of more…
A California public safety measure to reclassify low-level crimes, including drug possession, won a clear victory on Tuesday, as voters paved the way for thousands of non-violent offenders to be resentenced and potentially released from the state’s notoriously overcrowded prison system. Voting 58.5 to 41.5 percent to pass Proposition 47, California residents “spoke clearly” on…
The convicted killer involved in a Purdue shooting has died in state prison. Cody Cousins was charged with murder and found guilty in the shooting death of 21 year old senior Andrew Boldt. The shooting occurred in January on the Purdue campus in West Lafayette, Indiana. Cousins was an engineering student at the university. Cousins…
