Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s legislation attacks critical gender-based violence prevention in the province.
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46 states have enacted a law that aims to reduce sexual offenders’ ability to re-offend, but the results have been mixed.
When police coax information from low-level offenders with threats of harsh sentencing, it breeds distrust in the community and ultimately contributes to mass incarceration.
Jeff Sessions wants prosecutors to ‘charge and pursue the most serious, readily provable offense.’ That’s a step back to our failed experiment in mass incarceration.
