Entries tagged with “Charles Blow”
Policy Issues
Arbitrariness
,Innocence
,Race
,Mar 15, 2021
Commentary: Death-Penalty Reform Requires Action at the State Level
In the United States, the responsibility for defining what is a crime and enforcing the criminal laws rests primarily with the states. That fact, New York Times columnist Charles Blow (pictured) writes, makes action at the state level “[t]he true frontier of criminal justice equality.” From cash bail to the death penalty, Blow says, “[i]f the criminal justice system is to move toward racial equality and liberation this change will have to start with the…