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06-22-2015 , 03:51 PM

spanktehbadwookie

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/p...t-initiatives/

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The ACLU will soon pick three states with high incarceration rates and then sponsor ballot initiatives next year aiming to force sentencing reform. Five states are being considered, but they’ll pick just three so that the group can go all-in and score some tangible victories.

Criminal justice is a hot issue right now, with backing from liberals, libertarians like the billionaire Koch brothers and fiscal conservatives.

This is great news. I wish my current state had ballot initiatives.

06-23-2015 , 03:10 PM

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Texas might be one considering their position on capital punishment and the fact they are embracing treatment rather than prison for drug offenders.

06-23-2015 , 05:09 PM

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Alabama's prisons are a bunch of human rights disasters.

06-24-2015 , 12:33 PM

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I think Louisiana would be good as well.

07-03-2015 , 01:51 PM

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Yep, Louisiana got some serious issues. Here is an example...

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...evenge-killing

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