$28 million award for “Beatrice 6” whom police psychologist helped railroad to prison

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“Of interest to this blog’s audience is the role of the police psychologist. As I blogged about back in 2008, Wayne R. Price, PhD saw no ethics conflict in helping to interrogate the suspects even though he …

Anthony Weiner and What’s Wrong with our Punishment System

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“We know today almost all child sexual abuse involves people the victim knows, and almost all new sex offenses involve those not on registries. Sex offenses in New York have not decreased due to the …

Come Hear NCRJ Director Judith Levine in Boston on February 28

Michigan’s Attorney General Dana Nessel on the Sex Offender Registry

“When originally put into place, Michigan’s Sex Offender Registration Act was narrow in scope and specifically designed to be an important law enforcement tool to protect the public from dangerous offenders,” said Nessel. “But since its enactment, the Act has …

An innocent man was forced to register as a sex offender for decades. What does N.J. owe him?

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“I went through a lot, man,” Harrell recalled in an interview. “I had no place to live for a great amount of years. Had to do odd jobs to survive, sleeping in abandoned cars and homes … I …

The new symbol of shame: “C” for conviction

“More than 19 million people have a felony records, and more than 100 million criminal records exist in state criminal history repositories (individuals may have a criminal record in several states). These records routinely bar individuals from obtaining employment. Even …

The Carceral Problem is Getting Worse

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“In short, hyper-punishment continues, even accelerates, following new arteries and pathways in the body politic. The punitive state is a behemoth, a monstrous machinery that struggles to maintain its equilibrium. Piecemeal reforms of this or that …

NCRJ Co-Sponsoring Pittsfield Event About Bernard Baran

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On December 12th, the National Center for Reason and Justice and the Pittsfield Massachusetts Human Rights Commission, are sponsoring a presentation at the Pittsfield Atheneum at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. Bob Chatelle (Executive Director of …

San Antonio Four Records Expunged

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Over ten year ago the National Center for Reason and Justice formally voted to sponsor the case of the San Antonio Four. We had been following the case for some time before that, and …

The Case for Dismantling the Sex Offender Registry

Please join us for an evening of learning and discussion on one of the most controversial issues in America today…

The Case for Dismantling the Sex Offender Registry: What the Research Shows

with Dr. Emily Horowitz, author of Protecting …