Obama Can Fix the Race Gap in Sentencing Law

Obama Can Fix the Race Gap in Sentencing Law
The question is what they plan to do about it? Neither the president … Yet with one signature, Obama could make a remarkable difference: He could use his constitutional powers to commute the sentences of thousands of disproportionately black inmates … Read more on The Slatest

Photo: Contributed – Toronto Star
A complaint against a Toronto Star story that alleged Mayor Rob Ford was videotaped smoking crack cocaine will be the subject of a public hearing next month, the Ontario Press Council announced Monday. … The legislation followed a landmark … Read more on Castanet.net

The costs of draconian anti-crime policies overwhelm the benefits
I'M old enough to remember New York in the 1980s. It was violent, exhilarating and sometimes desolate. As the crack epidemic laid waste to African-American neighbourhoods, in particular, the city felt like it must have in the gang-ridden New York of … Read more on The Australian