News & Commentary about Smart Justice

The ACLU Campaign for Smart Justice is an unprecedented, multiyear effort to reduce the U.S. jail and prison population by 50% and to challenge racism in the criminal legal system.

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Aug 6, 2018

When Prosecuting Attorneys Push Back, We Bring Out the Facts

Jul 23, 2018

The Power of the Prosecutor: A Personal Account

Jul 5, 2018

The Family Separation Crisis Exposes America’s Addiction to Incarceration

Jun 28, 2018

In Oklahoma, A Bipartisan March Toward Criminal Justice Reform

Jun 14, 2018

Alice Marie Johnson Talks About Her Life Sentence, Getting Clemency, and Her Newfound Freedom

Jun 8, 2018

Kansas Prosecutors Are Locking People Up Rather Than Offering — Or Even Telling Them About — Diversion

Jun 7, 2018

Progress Is Occurring on Prosecutorial Reform, Despite Tuesday’s Setbacks in California

May 29, 2018

Could New York Be the Next State to Legalize Marijuana?

May 24, 2018

Why Low-Level Offenders Can Get Longer Sentences Than Airplane Hijackers

May 15, 2018

New Orleans’ District Attorney Has a Warped Vision of Justice