The High Cost of Wrongful Convictions

The Better Government Association has produced a fascinating report on the high cost of wrongful convictions. The subtitle is: A Tale of Lives Lost, Tax Dollars Wasted and Justice Denied. Just looking at Illinois between 1989 and 2010, the estimated cost to taxpayers was 214 million dollars. Read the full report here: http://www.bettergov.org/investigations/wrongful_convictions_1.aspx

Even Texas Takes on Criminal Justice Reform

Florida failed to enact any meaningful criminal justice reform this past legislative session. But even the State of Texas has now passed reforms to make the criminal system more effective, fair and cost conscious. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/7586712.html

Chronic Problems For Capital Punishment in Florida

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/os-ed-death-penalty-commission-06251120110624,0,3795160.story

Why is Crime Down?

Probably not because of massive incarceration: http://reason.com/archives/2011/06/20/the-crime-rate-puzzle

Mississippi undertakes prison reform--can Florida follow?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20110612/us_time/08599207708900;_ylt=AnzTbJzUzFNGRq7ImI7IO802PcB_;_ylu=X3oDMTNhYTFubXRnBGFzc2V0A3RpbWUvMjAxMTA2MTIvMDg1OTkyMDc3MDg5MDAEY2NvZGUDdG9wZ21wdG9wMjAwcG9vbARjcG9zAzEEcG9zAzEEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawN3aHltaXNzaXNzaXA-

How many innocent Americans are Behind Bars?

http://reason.com/archives/2011/06/07/wrongful-convictions