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One plan for sex offenders
Only New York state – and not local governments – has the power to tell sex offenders where they can and cannot reside. With that power, though, comes a responsibility to improve an imperfect system....
View ArticleLeading the way to justice
For more than two decades, drug courts have offered alternatives to incarceration for nonviolent offenders. The results have been astounding. Multiple studies show the rates of recidivism have dropped...
View ArticleLegislature fails to shift stance on teen offenders
As pointed out in the editorial “The other side of justice,” June 13, “lawmakers also need to ensure the criminal justice system treats the poor and the powerless fairly.” Unfortunately, this will not...
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