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Day 1: Thursday, August 11th
Setting the Stage: A Discussion on the Current State of Criminal Justice Reform (8:50–10:25am)
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Findings from Messaging Research on Crime and Public Safety, Vera Action, 2022.
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Myths and Realities: Understanding Recent Trends in Violent Crime by Ames Grawert and Noah Kim, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, July 12, 2022.
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Bail Reform Isn't Driving NYC's Crime Increase by Ames Grawert, New York Daily News, March 24, 2022.
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The Facts on Bail Reform and Crime Rates in New York State by Ames Grawert and Noah Kim, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, March 22, 2022.
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Testimony to the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, "Reimagining Public Safety in the COVID-19 Era", Legal Defense Fund, March 18, 2022.
Who Keeps Us Safe? Advancing Police Reform Amidst Calls for More Police (10:50–11:50am)
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People in Minneapolis Are Calling Each Other Instead of the Cops by Ella Fassler, Vice, November 22, 2021.
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Making Communities Safe, Without the Police by Amanda Alexander and Danielle Sered, Boston Review, November 1, 2021.
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It’s Another Crime Wave, But More Policing is Not the Answer by Rob Barton, An Injustice Magazine, July 26, 2021.
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Rising Crime in Cities like Chicago Should Not Lead to More Policing by Takenya Nixon Brail, Teen Vogue, July 1, 2021.
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A Story of Us (video), REP for MN.
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Resources, Mayers Strategic Solutions, LLC.
Preventing Violence By Investing in Communities (11:55am–12:55pm)
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The Infrastructure Law’s Untapped Potential for Promoting Community Safety by Sam Washington, Hanna Love, and Thea Sebastian, The Brookings Institution, March 29, 2022.
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Advancing Public Health Interventions to Address the Harms of the Carceral System, American Public Health Association, October 2021.
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A Roadmap to Community Safety: A Guide for State Lawmakers, Movement for Black Lives, Civil Rights Corps, and Essie Justice Group, 2021.
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Beyond Criminal Courts, Community Justice Exchange and Interrupting Criminalization.
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Community Safety & The American Rescue Plan: A Guide to Using Fiscal Recovery Grants to Advance Holistic Safety, Civil Rights Corps.
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Building Community Safety: Eight Ideas for State Policy Action, Civil Rights Corps.
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Policing During COVID-19: A Public Health Messaging Toolkit to Invest in Health, Not Punishment, Human Impact Partners and End Police Violence Collective, May 2020.
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Decarceration During COVID-19: A Messaging Toolkit for Campaigns for Mass Release, Community Justice Exchange and Public Health Awakened, April 2020.
Longer Sentences Won't Create More Safety: Confronting Extreme Sentences (2:00–3:00pm)
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Punitive Excess Essay Series, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, 2021-22.
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His Victim's Sisters Said He Should Be Released From Prison. Now He's a Free Man. by Campbell Robertson, The New York Times, August 1, 2019.
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Would You Let the Man Who Killed Your Sister Out of Prison? by Campbell Robertson, The New York Times, July 19, 2019.
- Inferno: An Anatomy of American Punishment Book Review by Lauren-Brooke Eisen, Brennan Center for Justice (originally published in New York Law Journal), June 4, 2014.
Innocent Until Proven Guilty: How Pretrial Decisions Can Impede Justice (3:05–4:05pm)
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Backlash: Hampering Policy and Harming People PowerPoint Presentation by Elizer Darris, Minnesota Freedom Fund.
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Pretrial Detention, Pretrial Release, & Public Safety by Sandra Susan Smith, Arnold Ventures, July 2022.
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The Criminalization of Poverty in Tennessee, Vera Institute of Justice, April 2022.
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Supportive Pretrial Services Fact Sheet, Vera Institute of Justice.
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How a Media Frenzy and Republican Politics Led to a New Law Targeting The Bail Project by Ryan Martin, Tony Cook, and Lawrence Andrea, Indianapolis Star, March 25, 2022.
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From Policy to Progress: A Roadmap for the Successful Implementation of the Pretrial Fairness Act, Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice, January 2022.
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'Organizers Change What's Possible' by Sharlyn Grace, Inquest, September 23, 2021.
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How the American Rescue Plan Can Foster an Equitable Recovery, Vera Institute of Justice, August 24, 2021.
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The Racist Fearmongering Campaigns Against Bail Reform, Explained by Vincent M. Southerland, The Appeal, June 7, 2021.
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Freedom, Then the Press: New York Media and Bail Reform, FWD.us, June 1, 2021.
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Summary of Pretrial Fairness Act, Coalition to End Money Bond, 2021.
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Vision for a Just Pretrial System in Illinois: How to End Money Bond and Increase Pretrial Freedom, Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice, January 2020.
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Vision for Justice: 2020 and Beyond, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and Civil Rights Corps, September 2019.
Diversion: Reducing Collateral Consequences and Recidivism with Alternative Resolutions (4:10–5:10pm)
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2021 Report, Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative.
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FAQs: PAD 311 Community Referral Services, Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative.
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PAD Overview, Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative.
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Care First, Jails Last: Health and Racial Justice Strategies for Safer Communities, Los Angeles County Alternatives to Incarceration Work Group, 2020.
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Testimony by Jac Charlier, TASC Center for Health & Justice Executive Director, to the Senate Criminal Law Committee and Special Committee on Public Safety, October 20, 2020.
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Federal Alternative-to-Incarceration Court Programs, United State Sentencing Commission, September 2017.
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Painting the Current Picture: A National Report on Drug Courts and Other Problem-Solving Courts in the United States, National Drug Court Institute, June 2016.
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Cook County Diversion Court: Proposal and Implementation Plan, Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice and Chicago Council of Lawyers, October 2010.
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American's Problem-Solving Courts: The Criminal Costs of Treatment and the Case for Reform, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2009.
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Performance Standards and Goals for Pretrial Diversion and Intervention Programs, National Association of Pretrial Services Agency, November 2008.
Day 2: Friday, August 12th
Exploring the Evidence: The Truth About Drug Overdose Homicide Laws (9:10–10:10am)
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A Discussion of Critical Errors in the Study 'Longitudinal Study on Deterrent Effect of Drug-Induced Homicide Law on Opioid-Related Mortality Across 92 Counties and the District of Columbia in the U.S.', Jennifer Carroll et al., July 2022.
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Language Matters: Is This a Drug Overdose or Drug Poisoning Crisis? by Morgan Godvin, Talking Drugs, June 9, 2022.
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Changing the Narrative Initiative, Health in Justice Action Lab, 2022.
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When Accidental Overdose is Treated As Murder: Seeking Relief for Defendants by Morgan Godvin, Health in Justice Action Lab at Northeastern University School of Law, October 2021.
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Drug-Induced Homicide Defense Toolkit (2021 Edition), Jeremiah Goulka et al., Health and Justice Action Lab, July 2021.
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We are Beautiful with Sam Rivera, episode 13, Inside Circle Podcast, June 7, 2021.
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Document: Death Resulting Podcast, New Hampshire Public Radio, 2021.
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My friend and I both took heroin. He overdosed. Why was I charged with his death? by Morgan Godvin, The Washington Post, November 26, 2019.
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America's Favorite Antidote: Drug-Induced Homicide in the Age of the Overdose Crisis by Leo Beletsky, Utah Law Review Vol 2019, No. 4, pp. 833 - 890 (2019).
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Drug-Induced Homicide Resources, Health in Justice Action Lab at Northeastern University School of Law.
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Five Things About Deterrence, National Institute of Justice, June 5, 2016.
Politics and Punishment: What's Wrong with How We Deal with Sex Offenses (10:35–11:35am)
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How We Deal With Sex Offenses Panel PowerPoint Slides (includes additional resources)
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Why I Tried to Die: A Story of Trauma, Resilience, and Restoration by Lisa Kessler-Peters, 2020.
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“Frightening and High”: The Supreme Court’s Crucial Mistake About Sex Crime Statistics by Ira Mark Ellman and Tara Ellman, University of Minnesota Law School, 2015.
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The Effectiveness of Sex Offender Registration and Notification: A Meta-Analysis of 25 Years of Findings by Kristen M. Zgoba and Meghan M. Mitchell, Journal of Experimental Criminology, 2021.
Rehabilitation Through Reconciliation: The Role of Restorative Justice in Transforming the Criminal Legal System (11:40am–12:40pm)
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The Impacts of the Make-it-Right Program on Recidivism, California Policy Lab, January 2022.
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Introduction to Pre-Charge Restorative Justice Diversion Webinar, Impact Justice, March 2021.
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Restorative Justice Diversion Fact Sheet, Impact Justice.
Kids in the Criminal Legal System: Transforming the Youth Justice Landscape (1:45–2:45pm)
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Ten Years After Miller v. Alabama, Equal Justice Initiative, June 24, 2022.
- Too Many Locked Doors: The Scope of Youth Confinement is Vastly Understated, The Sentencing Project, March 2022.
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Jones v. Mississippi, Harvard Law Review Vol. 135 No. 1, November 10, 2021.
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Miller v. Alabama and Juvenile Life Without Parole Laws, National Conference of State Legislatures, May 12, 2021.
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Juvenile Life Without Parole: An Overview, The Sentencing Project, May 24, 2021.
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Racial Disparities in Youth Incarceration Persist, The Sentencing Project, Feb. 2021.
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Resentencing of Juvenile Lifers: The Philadelphia Experience by Tarika Daftary-Kapur and Tina M. Zottoli, Montclair State University, 2020.
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Reentry Experiences of Released Juvenile Lifers in Philadelphia: Policy Brief by Tarika Daftary-Kapur and Tina M. Zottoli, Montclair State University, 2020.
