Clemency — State and Local Issues — Galsworthy Criminal Justice Reform Program

State and Local Issues

Because 90% of all prisoners in the United States are in state facilities, the work that states are doing to reduce their prison populations is crucial. Attempting to end mass incarceration necessitates realizing this is a situation requiring not one national solution, but fifty state solutions. Below are current state solutions that could be effectively modeled by other states for meaningful reform.

Klobuchar: On criminal justice reform, it's time for a second step

“Our criminal justice system cannot lose sight of the principles of fairness and compassion -- for victims, yes, but also for offenders. Our Founding Fathers understood this point when they gave the president the power to grant clemency, such as the one Obama granted Josephine. As president, I would create a clemency advisory board as well as a position in the White House -- outside of the Department of Justice -- that advises the president from a criminal justice reform perspective.“

CNN

April 5, 2019

2020 ElectionPhillip ReevesApril 5, 2019CNN, Amy Klobuchar, ClemencyComment

Will Governor Cuomo Give Roy Bolus a Second Chance?

"'When you announce a clemency initiative and you raise hopes and expectations, frankly it’s cruel to not actualize it,' said Steve Zeidman, director of the Criminal Defense Clinic at the CUNY School of Law, which is currently helping about 25 people with clemency applications and worked with Judith Clark on her application. 'Multiple people on the inside have told me that false hope is worse than no hope at all'."

The Appeal

August 6, 2018

Mass Incarceration, SentencingAnthony BradleyAugust 7, 2018The Appeal, Andrew Cuomo, New York, Clemency

State and Local Issues

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