Earlier this week, the Home Office minister – Norman Baker – announced that the government would be opting out of the regulation and directive targeting ‘legal high’ drugs proposed by the European Commission. (Article republished from the Independent)
Mandatory Minimum Sentencing: The Injustice of the US Justice Department
One of the primary causes of systemic mass incarceration for drug offences, that has predominantly targeted Black and Hispanic individuals, has been the existence of mandatory minimum sentencing laws.
Dr. King’s dream lives on in NYC’s Community Safety Act
New legislation attempts to prevent discriminatory profiling by the NYPD – particularly relating to the stop-and-frisk programme.