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• Protecting Public Safety and Reducing Costs in Louisiana

  Posted in Louisiana, Priority Issues, Prisons, ROC Blog, State Initiatives: May 16, 2012 by Vikrant P. Reddy

  Right On Crime is distributing a short policy brief in Louisiana to encourage legislators and Governor Jindal to pass significant criminal justice reform during the state’s legislative session.

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• New Report on Prosecutorial Regulation of Corporations

  Posted in Other, Priority Issues, ROC Blog: May 16, 2012 by Jeanette Moll

  Low level criminal cases against individual defendants can sometimes be dismissed in lieu of a fine, or due to community service performed prior to the trial date, usually as recognition that the individual defendant’s debt to society has been paid and a trial is unnecessary.

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• FOCUS Act Debated in House Committee

  Posted in Overcriminalization, Priority Issues, ROC Blog: May 11, 2012 by Jeanette Moll

  This week, H.R. 4171, the Freedom from Over-Criminalization and Unjust Seizures Act of 2012, or the FOCUS Act, was heard in committee. This legislation is designed to restore the Lacey Act to its original purpose.

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• Sobering Centers: Cutting Jail Populations, Costs, and Crime

  Posted in Priority Issues, ROC Blog, State Initiatives, Substance Abuse, Texas: May 11, 2012 by Marc Levin

  Almost 19,000 arrests in Houston each year are for public intoxication alone. While certainly this offense is an important tool to keep streets clean and crime free, public intoxication is almost always a non-violent offense handled most appropriately with detoxification rather than secure confinement.

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