My name is Jessica Persaud and I am the Director of Policy at Common Justice. I am speaking today to urge the City Council to pass Resolution T2022-0153 calling on the New York State...
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The Marshall Project One of the myths of criminal justice reform is that you can cut the prison population in half by freeing non-violent offenders: the guy who sold a little weed to his...
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Common Justice Toward a Humane, Event-Centered Language for Talking about People Involved in Crime and Violence. Common Justice uses the terms “harmed party” and “responsible party” to...
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Common Justice Toward a Framework for Serving All Survivors of Crime Our media, our culture, and even some of our statutes continually reinforce the idea that in order to be deserving of...
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