Tag: Overcriminalization
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Criminalizing America: System Error
Watch this entrepreneur explain how he was targeted and raided by the federal government for breaking a law, despite language in the law that explicitly said he was acting legally.
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VIDEO: Criminalizing America –Flushed Away
Watch the story of Lawrence Lewis, an engineer who was charged for unknowingly committing a crime by simply doing his job the way it had been done before him.
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Michigan’s absurd laws criminalize the population
This article appeared on DetroitNews.com December 4, 2014. Did you know that Michigan has a higher incarceration rate than Iran, Russia and Cuba? This is partly…
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Supreme Court to Hear Overcriminalization Case in Yates v. United States
Today, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of John L. Yates v. United States of America. Mr. Yates is accused of violating the anti-document…
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Criminalizing America – Cultivating a Felon
Hear the story of George Norris, a 67-year old hobbyist, was convicted and sent to prison for failure to comply with obscure laws involving his small business – selling orchids…
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Number of Federal Prisoners Declines for First Time Since 1980
In September, the Bureau of Justice Statistics released their annual report on the prison population of the United States. In 2013 an estimated 1,574,700 prisoners were held under the legal…
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Arkansas Should Consider Policies Proven to Work—Not New Prisons
By: Pat Nolan and Cara Sullivan Arkansas’ prison population has grown 17% more in the last year than in any of the past fifteen years and it is expected to…
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Prison Overcrowding Threatens Public Safety and State Budgets
Audrey Williams How many people are actually locked up in the United States? Well, as it turns out, it’s hard to say. Inconsistent and fragmentary data has made piecing together…
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The Overfederalization of Crime in America
In March 2013, Anthony Brasfield released a dozen heart-shaped balloons in the air as a romantic gesture for his girlfriend. After a Florida Highway Patrol officer spotted the gesture, Brasfield…
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Overcriminalization Interview with Jason Lewis
On March 24, Cara Sullivan went on The Jason Lewis Show to discuss the importance of criminal justice reforms, which include mandatory minimum sentencing reform, criminal intent requirements…
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Arizona says “Neigh” to Small Businesses
By Audrey Williams If two ride a horse, one must ride behind. But, when the riders are government and small businesses, it’s always the latter who should ride front.
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Overcriminalizing Americans Wastes Money and Ruins Lives
This article original appeared on FoxNews.com on December 11, 2013. Read the original here. In March of this year, Anthony Brasfield released a dozen heart-shaped balloons in…
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Criminalizing America – How Big Government Makes a Criminal Out of Every American
This article originally appeared on www.redstate.com on November 12, 2013. The growing role of big government in our lives presents a continual…
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New Report Explains How Big Government Makes a Criminal of Us All
By: Theresa Boyd An Oregon landowner spent a month in jail and received a $1500 fine for collecting rainwater on his property. A Kentucky couple, who had all the…
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Criminalizing America – How Big Government Makes a Criminal of Every American
There are more than 1.5 million Americans under the supervision of state and federal correctional facilities, at a cost of more than $30,000 per prisoner every year. While some criminal…
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The Reporting of Seizure and Forfeiture Act
Model Policy {Title, enacting clause, etc.} Section 1. {Purpose.} Under state and federal forfeiture laws, state law enforcement agencies can seize money, vehicles, and other property, have them sold and…
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Five Solutions for Addressing Environmental Overcriminalization
Five Solutions for Addressing…
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The Right Solutions to Prison Problems: How Texas’ good policy is spreading across the nation
By Representative Jerry Madden, TX For more than two decades, the motto shaping our criminal justice programs had been “tough on crime.” It is the mindset that led legislatures across…
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A Threat to Personal Liberty – And How States Can Respond
There are 1,700 statutory offenses in Texas state law, including 11 felonies relating to harvesting oysters. It’s now almost status quo for criminal law to be used to regulate ordinary…
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Resolution on Transparency and Accountability in Criminal Law – SNPS 2016 EDITS IN PDF VERSION
Model Resolution WHEREAS, the number and breadth of criminal laws has grown dramatically in recent years at the federal level and in many states; and WHEREAS, there are now nearly 5,000 federal…