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Behind Prison Bars

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling that California must clear out its overcrowded prisons, together with Attorney General Eric Holder’s comments on minimum mandatory sentences have brought to the fore the question of how long convicted felons should be kept incarcerated.

From this perspective, the answer is the same as for a number of other issues in criminal justice: It depends.

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Emmett Till

Emmett Louis Till
July 25,1941-August 28, 1955

Today would have been the 72nd birthday of Emmett Louis Till, a young man who died in 1955 at the age of 14, never knowing the impact he would have on history or the reverence his name would command as a martyr for dignity, equality and justice. In that, I equate him with Anne Frank, who also went on to enduring significance long past the end of her short life.

The story of Emmett Till is well known, but it always bears repeating.

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US Supreme Court

US Supreme Court

This past Tuesday, in a 5-4 vote along traditional liberal-conservative lines with Justice Anthony M. Kennedy as the swing, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling in McQuiggin v. Perkins, that in certain instances would allow imprisoned convicts to file habeas corpus motions challenging their convictions even after firm filing deadlines had passed.

The operative federal law is the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, passed during the Clinton administration. We joined the campaign for the passage of that act. Here’s why we think the high court acted properly in contravening part of it.

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