Entries tagged with “Brennan Center for Justice”

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 impos…