Marc A. Levin 🇺🇸🇺🇦

Sharing my new article exploring how we can revitalize democracy and democratize policing. Adopting policies and taking actions that I describe can help law enforcement agencies and our democracy itself earn greater legitimacy, which is urgently needed. realclearpolicy.com/articles/2021/…

Immigration enforcement may be helping cut crime—but at what cost? CCJ President and CEO @abgelb spoke with @CNN recently about the public policy tradeoffs. Read more at: cnn.com/2026/03/08/us/…

NEW: Supreme Court unanimously revives a lawsuit from a Mississippi street preacher over a local ordinance prohibiting him from evangelizing outside a public amphitheater. Justice Kagan has the opinion. #SCOTUS

The Supreme Court rules unanimously in favor of Evangelical street preacher Gabriel Olivier, who filed a civil rights challenge to a Mississippi city ordinance he was previously convicted under. His suit isn't barred by Heck v. Humphrey, court says. news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/supreme…

Tribal #LawEnforcement, check out our website for resources to support tribal #CommunityPolicing, including information on the Tribal Access Program (TAP), Tribal MOU/MOA Sample Resource Library, #CPDispatch articles, publications & more: cops.usdoj.gov/tribalpolicing

What if accountability and opportunity worked hand in hand? In Arkansas, programs like Hidden Creek partner with corrections to give individuals a structured path forward—spending their final months preparing for release, earning early freedom through a disciplined approach, and stepping directly into a job 👇

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How can policymakers balance crime control, community impact, civil rights, and values when setting crime and justice policy? CCJ President and CEO @abgelb says the question isn’t just what you can do, but what’s the most efficient and effective way to achieve those goals.

Read the full report here: counciloncj.org/crime-trends-i… Read the supplemental assessment featuring perspectives from leading experts on what they see as the primary drivers of the recent decline, specifically in homicides: counciloncj.org/whats-driving-…

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“How do we respond to crime, not with anger or hatred, but with love?” @desmondmeade, Executive Director of @FLRightsRestore, spoke at the last CCJ Member Summit on choosing a compassionate rather than punitive approach in dealing with people who commit crime.

The D.C. Sentencing Commission has released the FY 2026 Rule 11(c)(1)(C) Plea Quarterly Report for the first quarter (Oct. – Dec. 2025). Click the link to view it scdc.dc.gov/page/rule-11c1…

What the Data Actually Show About the Post-2020 Police Staffing Crisis jnix.netlify.app/post/post36-ne…

@jnixy reviews the police retention crisis and what we’ve learned form the last few years of research. It’s an issue that keeps popping up, and this is a nice sober review of the complexity lurking below the simplistic takes I often see.

Really good work on jail release delays in Texas by @a_y_denrunnels and @alexnguyen2311. texastribune.org/2026/03/19/tex… #txlege

This publication, developed in collaboration with @iadlest, describes the results of the Academy Innovations project, a COPS Office–supported initiative aimed at studying ways to improve methodology for delivering police training content: portal.cops.usdoj.gov/resourcecenter…

BREAKING: We’re filing suit to uphold an experienced social worker’s right to serve families of kids with special needs. Louisiana has denied Ursula Newell-Davis’s application twice, not because she's unqualified, but because a committee decided her services weren't "needed."

Another great article by Riley Yates @njdotcom on how NJ has taken steps to reduce police shootings: nj.com/camden/2026/03…

Must read from Pew on how Austin’s surge of new housing drove down rents. pew.org/en/research-an…