it's sometimes easy to either ignore or entirely forget what goes on at the state level regarding things like criminal justice reform, but a lot of substantive policy changes--some which people...
it's sometimes easy to either ignore or entirely forget what goes on at the state level regarding things like criminal justice reform, but a lot of substantive policy changes--some which people might not actually think about as reform--have been either floated or are working their way through legislatures and city councils right now. for example: oregon democrats are seeking reforms to how the state uses the death penalty, and new hampshire and wyoming are seemingly being pushed toward reform of the death penalty or outright abolition; new mexico and new york are currently trying to legalize marijuana; and san francisco is considering enacting a ban on city departments using facial recognition software
it's sometimes easy to either ignore or entirely forget what goes on at the state level regarding things like criminal justice reform, but a lot of substantive policy changes--some which people might not actually think about as reform--have been either floated or are working their way through legislatures and city councils right now. for example: oregon democrats are seeking reforms to how the state uses the death penalty, and new hampshire and wyoming are seemingly being pushed toward reform of the death penalty or outright abolition; new mexico and new york are currently trying to legalize marijuana; and san francisco is considering enacting a ban on city departments using facial recognition software