Overcriminalization significantly undermines human flourishing and social well-being by harming the family, social networks, and social citizenship. Additionally, it prevents capable men and women from utilizing their creative capacities in the marketplace. This creates vast issues involving relations with family while incarcerated and reintegration into society after release. On the economic side, draconian cash bail systems undermine justice through basing someone's ability to attain pre-trial release upon their wealth, not their actual threat to society.
"'While I respect the pope’s perspective, capital punishment remains the will of the people and the law of the state of Nebraska,' Mr. Ricketts’s statement said. 'It is an important tool to protect our corrections officers and public safety. The state continues to carry out the sentences ordered by the court'."
New York Times
August 3, 2018
Read More"On September 29, 2017, the Nebraska Supreme Court reversed a state district court’s summary judgment order and grant of injunctive relief that enjoined the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) from denying a marriage ceremony via videoconference to two prisoners who wanted to marry, or enforcing its policy prohibiting such marriages."
Prison Legal News
July 1, 2018
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