There’s a lot of support for curfews to keep teenagers off the streets at night.
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Category Archives: Criminal Justice
Making Public Policy
It is said that nature abhors a vacuum. While political observers complain about congressional gridlock, and policy wonks decry the absence of meaningful policy debates by our elected representatives, the vacuum is being filled by the courts–bor more accurately, by those who are…
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Playing by the Rules
Earlier this month, the Star published a letter from Marion County Prosecutor Scott Newman, defending his policy of concentrating resources in crime-prone areas against charges of racial insensitivity. He dismissed such concerns –expressed by a prior letter writer–as the "kind of thinking typical of American Civil Liberties…
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Insisting on Impartial Vengence
Indiana is preparing to execute yet another resident of Death Row. Tommie Smith. I know little about Smith. and I leave to theologians, and moral philosophers consideration of the morality of the death penalty. My…
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Time to Trust the Community
Last August, in the wake of the so-called "police brawl," citizens of this city took a hard look at the Indianapolis Police Department and saw much that needed to change.
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