Entries tagged with “Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice”
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Apr 22, 2021
Commentary: Ending Capital Punishment is a Core Component of Reconceptualizing ‘Public Safety’ in an Era of Punitive Excess
As the United States undergoes an awakening on racial injustices in policing and the judicial process, commentators and public policy advocates are calling for a reimagining of public safety and criminal punishment that rejects the reflexive imposition of harsh punishment as an instrument of social control. In an April 9, 2021 op-ed in The Washington Post and a series of April 12 essays by the Brennan Center for Justice, policy experts say it is time for the nation to view the U.S. legal…