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Enjoy the 'New You' and Forget the Past Dec. 26, 2018
DR. WALLACE: I'm 16 and will be attending school in another state next semester. For the past year a... Read More
Bill Designed to Solve Crime Problem Is Really No Solution at All Dec. 18, 2018
Legislation nearing passage in the Senate will reverse decades of progress in reducing crime. Origin... Read More
Justice Is Distorted When Courts Turn Into Profit-Generating Centers Dec. 17, 2018
There is no legal or moral justification for rural Missouri counties to continue their policies of c... Read More
William Barr's Never-Ending War: Trump's Nominee for Attorney General Is Apt to Encourage His Worst Instincts on Drug Policy Dec. 12, 2018
William Barr, Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, believes the president has vast, unilater... Read More
Tattoo Removal Is Expensive Dec. 01, 2018
DR. WALLACE: I'm 17 and will graduate from high school in a few months. I will be attending the Univ... Read More
Think Crime Doesn't Pay? Probation-Monitoring Companies Beg to Differ. Nov. 29, 2018
They say that crime doesn't pay. But "they" weren't talking about the booming for-profit industry th... Read More
The Perils of Ingratitude -- A Thanksgiving Admonition Nov. 22, 2018
Thanksgiving, America's homegrown national holiday, stands out for honoring the precious native peop... Read More
Alarmist Nonsense Should Not Stop Sentencing Reform: Modest Changes in First Step Act Are No Threat to Public Safety Nov. 21, 2018
The federal sentencing reforms that Donald Trump endorsed last week could shorten the terms of 2,700... Read More
If Trump Wants Mexican Cooperation, Quiet Diplomacy Is the Way to Go Nov. 20, 2018
The U.S.-Mexico bilateral relationship is on trial in more ways than one these days. Tested by sharp... Read More
Death at the Tree of Life Nov. 02, 2018
The rampage in a Pittsburgh synagogue that left 11 dead has become so enmeshed in election-eve debat... Read More
The DOJ Should Not Prosecute Robert Bowers: The Federal Case Against the Pittsburgh Shooter Is Redundant and Constitutionally Questionable Oct. 31, 2018
If anyone deserves execution, the man who murdered 11 mostly elderly people at a Pittsburgh synagogu... Read More
It's Just a Matter of Time Oct. 24, 2018
DR. WALLACE: I'm a young mother of two sons. When I was in high school, I took every drug I could ge... Read More
Trump Slams 'Very Unfair' Drug Sentences: The President's Comments Could Improve the Prospects for Federal Penal Reform Oct. 17, 2018
Kanye West's literal embrace of Donald Trump was all over the news last week. The president's rhetor... Read More
The Reality of Young People Sentenced to Life Without Parole Aug. 25, 2018
Last week, I wrote about the plight of Pamela Smart, who, in 1991, at the age of 22, was found guilt... Read More
Free Valentino Dixon Aug. 01, 2018
"If it wasn't for my artwork and God, there's no way we'd be having this conversation right now." I'... Read More
Second-Look Sentencing Jul. 14, 2018
Do you believe in second chances? To be more specific, do you believe in second chances for convicte... Read More
Meet The For-Profit Private Prison Industry Jul. 06, 2018
The Washington Post recently published a revealing and heartbreaking story about forced separation o... Read More
Was The Blankenship Momentum Real? May. 10, 2018
In the final days before the West Virginia primary, breathless media coverage suggested that busines... Read More
Don't Cut Prison Visits May. 07, 2018
Sometimes it seems Florida's prison system is driven by a relentless desire to find new ways to degr... Read More
I Ain't Did Nothin' Apr. 16, 2018
President Donald Trump, a pus-filled boil on the American backside, could learn what to expect from ... Read More
