Bail reform ideas let dangerous criminals go free [Opinion] (excerpt form the Houston Chronicle – Feb 24, 2019) It was the type of call every law enforcement officer dreads, but prepares for. An armed robbery, the second in about as many weeks, had taken place at a local pharmacy. TheRead More →
Detention, Release From Jail, and Computerized Bail Justice in California: Is it 1984 All Over Again? What Can California Learn From the Last 30 Years of Bail Reform? Journal UCLA Criminal Justice Law Review, 2(1) The following excerpt was published in the peer reviewed 2018 UCLA Criminal Justice Law Review,Read More →
Reforms have made Californians less safe and cost lives (excerpt from the San Francisco Chronicle – November 23, 2018) For nearly a decade, California has been sold on a series of public safety “reforms” built on a foundation of empty promises. The kind of promises told by people who wantRead More →
Big Data is Big Business for reformers accumulating a massive inventory of private information on criminal defendants…enter the MacArthur Foundation. Many of you have read about our continuing attempts to expose the fact that much of criminal justice reform is that the process is the product. In other words, thereRead More →
