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Tag Archives: public opinion
Clearing the Smoke: Marijuana Reform is a Racial Justice Issue
By David Bergh Associate Editor, Volume 23 Over the past few decades there has been a sea change in the American public’s attitude towards marijuana prohibition. In 1990 only 16% of the US public supported legalization, and 81% were opposed. … Continue reading
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Tagged criminal justice reform, drug enforcement, Drug Enforcement Agency, drug use, Marijuana, Marijuana law, Marijuana legalization, Marijuana reform, medical marijuana, Michigan ballot initiative, Michigan law, Michigan Marijuana Legalization Initiative, public opinion, racial injustice, retroactive laws, war on drugs
Whitewashing wrongful conviction: reflecting on Making a Murderer
By Breanna Caldwell Associate Editor, Vol. 21 Executive Editor, Vol. 22 On the off chance that you have been able to avoid the national phenomenon surrounding the Netflix documentary series, Making a Murderer, since it first aired in December 2015, … Continue reading
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Tagged criminal justice system, Department of Justice, DNA evidence, DNA exoneration, documentary, explicit racial bias, false convictions, Gregory Allen, implicit bias, intentional racial stereotyping, Kathleen Zellner, life sentence, Making a Murderer, Manitowoc County, Midwest Innocence Project, murder trial, narratinve, National Registry of Exonerations, public discourse, public opinion, rape investigation, Samuel R. Gross, settlement, sex offender, Steven Avery, whitewashing, Wisconsin Innocence Project, wrongful conviction, wrongful imprisonment