HLS Criminal Justice

CJPP will be closing on October 13, 2020. We are grateful for your part in our work to end the criminalization of poverty and to fight for greater justice in the criminal legal system. Read more: mailchi.mp/53d86688172e/c…

Our own @WesternBruce and Jindu Obiofuma will be a part of @ColumbiaLaw 's panel moderated by @BernardHarcourt, "Racial Injustice and Reimagining Criminal Justice," MON 10/19 @ 4:40 PM ET. Link to register: ow.ly/r66q50BTp3a

In the wake of a recent report by @HLS_CJPP the MBLLC joins the @CJReformMA to host a virtual discussion on racial disparities in the criminal legal system today at 3:30! Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Important thread about universities and centers. Deeply disappointed to see this, as @HLS_CJPP has done important work over a number of years, including its recently issued report on Racial Disparities in the MA Criminal System. cjpp.law.harvard.edu/assets/Massach…

Sad to see the wonderful people at @HLS_CJPP lose the support of @Harvard_Law at this critical moment. I hope the work done by the Institute is not lost. Including this Report on #tech and #policing and #surveillance cjpp.law.harvard.edu/assets/Emergin…

A nascent movement to curb or abolish court-related fees has emerged. Across the nation, the fight over how the criminal justice system should be funded is about not just fines and fees but the very structure of American society. dissentmagazine.org/online_article…

CJPP will be closing on October 13, 2020. We are grateful for your part in our work to end the criminalization of poverty and to fight for greater justice in the criminal legal system. Read more: mailchi.mp/53d86688172e/c…

Sad to hear this news about CJPP. CJPP has been a wonderful and invaluable resource in the fight against the improper use of criminal justice debt. #EndDebtorsPrisons, #DebtFreeJustice

Racially disparate initial charging decisions for similar crimes in Massachusetts contribute to disparate sentence lengths among Black and Latinx versus white individuals, according to @hls_cjpp. Read more in Race & Justice News: sent.pr/30as2Pl

Massachusetts is not immune to racist policing. The data backs what Black and brown people have been saying for decades: #PoliceViolenceHappensHere. It's past time to change that. 📍 Visit @ACLU_Mass' map of police violence in MA and take action: data.aclum.org/it-happens-here

Brook Hopkins of @HLS_CJPP and Harvard PhD candidate @FelixYOwusu discuss study spotlighting racial disparities in criminal justice, ties to policy. bit.ly/2HcOTmy

"...Our results based on available data following the filing of charges may underestimate the true magnitude of racial disparities in the Massachusetts criminal justice system,” write the authors at @HLS_CJPP. buff.ly/33drqcj

The authors at @HLS_CJPP go to great lengths to reveal that the Commonwealth makes it nearly impossible to pinpoint when and where the law — and those who enforce it — are failing to provide equal treatment. buff.ly/32GTmGJ

Listen: Suffolk County DA Rachael Rollins joined @RadioBoston to discuss the passing of SJC Chief Justice Ralph Gants, the implications of a new Harvard study on racial disparities in sentencing, and data transparency in Boston's legal system. wbur.fm/3kiuESK

Though a "laborious undertaking" due to the data challenges encountered, it's crucial that scholars continue to pull back the curtain on racism in the criminal legal system! Read about the study @BostonGlobe: bostonglobe.com/2020/09/09/met…

A comprehensive study conducted by @HLS_CJPP and @Harvard_Law shows that racial disparities in the MA criminal justice system cannot simply be explained by differences in criminal history.

The report found stark disparities btw white and Black/Latinx people in Massachusetts’s criminal law system. Black people are 6.5% of Mass population but comprise 17.1% of criminal cases. Latinx people are 8.7% of Mass pop but comprise 18.3% of cases. See chart below. 4/6

What reminded me? On Monday, Chief Justice Gants of the Mass. Supreme Judicial Court tragically died. On Monday, we got the report he commissioned from @Harvard_Law @HLS_CJPP on racial disparities in Massachusetts's criminal law system. 3/6 cjpp.law.harvard.edu/publications/r…

"Even if every case was plea bargained, you were starting off, if you were Black or Latinx, with a very different set of cards," says @ngertner on a new study showing the extent of racial disparities within the Massachusetts criminal justice system. wgbh.org/news/local-new…

A new study out of Harvard underscores the extent of racial disparities within the Massachusetts criminal justice system, finding that Black and Latino defendants receive longer sentences on average than their white counterparts. wgbh.org/news/local-new…