Dear John,  Last month, The Sentencing Project released a report titled "The Eugenic Origins of Three Strikes Laws: How ‘Habitual Offender’ Sentencing Laws Were Used as a Means of Sterilization," revealing how American eugenicists promoted “habitual offender” laws in the early 1900s because they …

John, Your support is creating second chances.   Last week, Michigan’s Supreme Court held that mandatorily sentencing 19- and 20-year-old emerging adults to life without parole (LWOP) is unconstitutionally harsh and disproportionate punishment under the Michigan Constitution. Earlier this month, th…

Dear John,  Last month, The Sentencing Project released a report titled "The Eugenic Origins of Three Strikes Laws: How ‘Habitual Offender’ Sentencing Laws Were Used as a Means of Sterilization," revealing how American eugenicists promoted “habitual offender” laws in the early 1900s because they …