Criminal Justice
More GOP Insanity
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Criminal Justice, Public Policy and Governance on November 26th, 2011
Back in the Ice Age, when I was still Republican, the GOP used to be a party of grown-ups. It is painful to watch what has become of the Grand Old Party–and even more painful to see what it’s doing to the country. Neil Pierce’s current column is yet another example. As he reports, “There’s [...]
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Yielding My Time/Space to Paul Ogden
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Criminal Justice on October 24th, 2011
While I don’t always agree with his policy prescriptions, I consider Paul Ogden one of the most thoughtful and consistent of Indianaplis’ local bloggers. His post this morning responds to this morning’s headline trumpeting a ‘drug bust’ and expands upon my post drawing parallels to prohibition. Accordingly, I am, as they say in Congress, yielding my [...]
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We Never Learn….
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Criminal Justice on October 23rd, 2011
Thanks to the magic of TIVO, Bob and I were able to watch the entire six hours of Ken Burns’ “Prohibition”–we just watched the last 2-hour episode last night. I defy anyone to watch this documentary without recognizing the parallels with our contemporary drug war; they practically jump out of the screen and punch the [...]
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Doubting Evolution
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Criminal Justice, Public Policy and Governance on September 22nd, 2011
I am a big believer in science, but I must admit that human behavior over the past couple of weeks has made me doubt evolution. First, we had the appalling eruptions during GOP debates–first, audience applause when Brian Williams prefaced a question to Rick Perry by noting that executions in Texas during his tenure far [...]
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Have I Got a Revenue Enhancement for You!
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Criminal Justice on August 21st, 2011
I’ve been pondering the arguments about how to reduce the national debt, and I have a proposal. Dump the drug war. The fiscal consequences of our current policies are staggering. While other estimates have been as high as 88 billion, an economics professor at Harvard reported in 2005 that replacing marijuana prohibition with a system [...]
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