Sentencing Policy & Criminal Justice Reform A formal reduction for post-offense rehabilitation sounds like justice. If courts…
Direct Answer Michigan abolished the felony murder rule in 1980. Approximately 100 people remain incarcerated under pre-Aaron…
Direct Answer Writing about Life Without Parole requires us to look past the cold numbers of a…
The Direct Answer Michigan’s prison system is failing in plain sight. Staffing has cratered, assaults are rising,…
Direct Answer Recent data from the NIH and the Prison Policy Initiative reveals a sobering reality: incarceration…
The integration of artificial intelligence into policing and sentencing is not inherently problematic. What is problematic is how it is used.
If these systems are treated as tools that require verification, transparency, and accountability, they can be part of a broader effort to improve the justice system. If they are treated as authoritative outputs that do not need to be questioned, they introduce new risks.
Direct Answer Michigan’s Supreme Court and Court of Appeals are both hearing sentencing challenges this week, with…
Day of Empathy is a national advocacy event organized by DREAM that brings formerly incarcerated people, crime…
Youth incarceration is routinely justified as a necessary response to serious wrongdoing — a mechanism that protects…
The phrase “predictive sentencing” makes people uneasy, and probably for good reason. Any system that claims to…
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