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Read This: Let the People Go

Recommended reading on how COVID-19 is impacting incarcerated populations and what must be done to avoid catastrophe: "Let the People Go" by Joseph Margulies in the Boston Review.

Read This, Bonus EpisodesDavid HarrisMay 14, 2020Read This, Joseph Margulies, Boston Review, COVID-19, prisoner health, mass incarceration, public health

Read This: Police as Prosecutors

Did you know that police officers in eight states also double as prosecutors? Dave recommends The Appeal's October 10 report by Julia Rock and Harry August.

Read This, Bonus EpisodesDavid HarrisNovember 26, 2019Read This, The Appeal, Julia Rock, Harry August, Rhode Island, prosecutors, prosecution

Read This: Sam Walker, "Not Dead Yet"

Criminal Injustice season 1 guest Sam Walker argues in the Illinois Law Review that criminal justice reform is still possible.

Read ThisDavid HarrisJanuary 29, 2019Sam Walker, Read This, Illinois Law Review, reform

Read This: Suspect Citizens

Routine traffic stops are the most common interaction between police and citizens. A new book presents the most unambiguous evidence yet that race is a critical factor in who gets pulled over and why.

Bonus Episodes, Read ThisDavid HarrisNovember 2, 2018Read This, Suspect Citizens, racial profiling, Profiles in Injustice, traffic stops, War on Drugs, drugs, race, racial bias, racial discrimination

Read This: 'A Way Out' report by ALS

The authors of a new report from the Abolitionist Law Center argue the practice of life-without-parole (LWOP) sentencing is racially discriminatory, needlessly costly, and arbitrarily cruel.

Bonus EpisodesDavid HarrisOctober 22, 2018Read This, Abolitionist Law Center, mass incarceration, life sentences, life without parole, LWOP, race, racial discrimination

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