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Lombardo seeks to turn back time on criminal justice reforms

Legislation touted Tuesday by Gov. Joe Lombardo and law enforcement officials from Northern Nevada would turn back the clock on modest reforms passed by lawmakers with bipartisan support in 2019.

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Apr 29, 2025

New Civil Rights Complaint Filed Against Las Vegas Marshals

Violent traffic stop underscores unconstitutional enforcement actions by the municipal agency
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Aug 06, 2020

Retired Federal Probation Officer: Stop Sending People to COVID-Filled Prisons Unnecessarily

No one should be thrown in jail for a frivolous charge — especially during a pandemic. Unfortunately, that's often not the case.

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Aug 04, 2020

From Punishment to Promise: The Power of Redemption

The criminal legal system is too often steered by a desire for vengeance. Clemency is the vehicle to correct that.

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Jul 21, 2020

The Looming Unspoken Crisis: How a Pandemic Exacerbates the Unjust Exclusions Wrought by the Criminal System

How the COVID-19 pandemic's impact has the potential to wreak havoc on an often forgotten population.

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Jun 15, 2020

We Won’t Address Our Mass Incarceration Crisis Until We Rethink Our Approach to “Violent Crime”

Advocacy and litigation strategies have too often reinforced dichotomies between "violent" and "nonviolent" crime. That is a mistake.

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Apr 13, 2020

Federal Wardens Must Immediately Flatten the Curve in our Nation’s Prisons

350 incarcerated persons and almost 200 Bureau of Prison staff have COVID-19. The wardens overseeing America's 122 federal prisons have no time to spare.

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