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Barr v. Sessions: A Return to Cheap on Crime?

January 19, 2019 / Hadar Aviram
A short while ago I posted about the bipartisan enactment of the First Step Act, a bipartisan compromise bill offering evidence-based rehabilitation programming and early releases for nonviolent drug offenders. Harkening

The Rise of the Progressive D.A.

January 16, 2019 / Hadar Aviram
San Francisco is ablaze with the news that a new contender has joined the race for District Attorney: Public Defender Chesa Boudin. The Chron reports: “We know the system is

Good Intentions, Bad Consequences: Appreciating the Value of “We Blew It” Explanations of Mass Incarceration

January 15, 2019 / Hadar Aviram
In his 1985 masterpiece Visions of Social Control, criminological giant Stanley Cohen starts off by identifying the main features that transformed the way Western industrialized societies control deviance, which were

Before Leaving Office, Jerry Brown Should Commute All Death Sentences

January 5, 2019 / Hadar Aviram
In a few days, Jerry Brown will end his tenure as Governor of California and cede the gubernatorial seat to Gavin Newsom. Newspapers are already summarizing his career, including a

What Counts as a “Deadly Weapon?”

January 5, 2019 / Hadar Aviram
Minor in possession of a deadly weapon? Last week, the California Supreme Court decided In re B.M., a case that required the Justices to address the meaning of the term