Megan Hadley
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For Black Entrepreneurs Entering the Legal Pot Trade, Issue is ‘Personal’
Minorities have so far had little success in breaking into the legal pot industry. But two African-American entrepreneurs in New York hope to change that. → Read More
Cosby Prosecutors: America Saw ‘Who He Actually Is”
The two young Pennsylvania prosecutors who won a conviction of comedian Bill Cosby on sexual assault charges sit down with TCR to reprise the case, and draw lessons about future prosecutions of sex crimes. → Read More
How Dismantling Rape Myths Won Cosby Conviction
Landing a conviction in the second trial of actor William H. Cosby meant dismantling rape myths and educating jurors on the truths behind their preconceived beliefs on sexual assault, according to Kristen Gibbons Feden, the special prosecutor in the case. → Read More
‘I Want More From Life Now’: NYC Arts Program Helps Justice-Involved Youth
Since 2012, the “Young New Yorkers” diversion program has given some 1,000 young people faced with charges an opportunity to avoid jail. TCR joined the newest graduates at Brooklyn’s federal courthouse for a ceremony featuring their artwork—and their stories of hope. → Read More
Alaskan Women Face Nation’s Highest Levels of Sex Assault: Panel
The lack of police resources in Alaska’s remote rural communities puts women at special risk, according to speakers at a panel co-sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Mission to the United Nations. Native females are the most vulnerable. → Read More
20 Metro Areas Home to the Majority of Unauthorized Immigrants: Study
Most of the United States’ 10.7 million unauthorized immigrants live in just 20 major metropolitan areas, with the largest populations in New York, Los Angeles, Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth, according to new study by the Pew Research Center. → Read More
Opioid Crisis Linked to Poverty in Both Rural and Urban Communities
The notion of the modern opioid crisis as a "disproportionately rural phenomenon" is wrong, says a Syracuse University professor. In a working paper published by the Institute for New Economic Thinking, she argues that economic distress is a key predictor of opioid addiction.. → Read More
Gaps in Illinois Gun Laws Blamed for Aurora Shooting
A report issued by the Center for Gun Policy and Research at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health said laws enabling police to remove guns from individuals identified as prohibited from owning firearms might have prevented last week's fatal shootings at a warehouse near Chicago. → Read More
Deflecting Opioid Sufferers From the Justice System 'Can Save Lives,' Experts Say
Growing collaboration between community service providers and police has begun to make headway in an epidemic that has made hospital emergency rooms " busier than bar rooms," a former Massachusetts sheriff told a panel at John Jay College. The innovative approach helps addicts avoid becoming entangled with the justice system, → Read More
Incarceration Reached the ‘Point of No Return,’ Says George Gascón
George Gascón, the San Fransisco District Attorney, highlighted the irreversible damage of mass incarceration at the 14th annual Harry Frank Guggenheim conference at John Jay College. He also noted the specific power and control DA's have to fix the problem, including restorative justice models like neighborhood courts. → Read More
NAACP Wins First Battle in Lawsuit to End Prison Gerrymandering in CT
In the first lawsuit of its' kind, the The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) won a key ruling yesterday that allows their federal lawsuit challenging the State of Connecticut’s discriminatory practice known as “prison gerrymandering” to proceed. → Read More
Justice for Domestic Violence Victims Depends on Where You Live
A Crime Report investigation finds stark differences in how states and cities deal with domestic violence survivors. Some have developed innovative programs, but others are well behind the curve, with tragic consequences. → Read More
Why Opioids Wreak Havoc on White Communities: Study
A new study of prescribing practices across all of California’s 1,760 ZIP codes found that between 2011 and 2015, residents of neighborhoods with the highest proportions of white people were more than twice as likely to be prescribed an opioid pain reliever than residents of neighborhoods where whites were scarce. → Read More
Can Hotel Staff Identify Trafficking Victims During Super Bowl Weekend?
Hotels across the country have begun training staff to identify sex trafficking victims. Such training could be useful as Atlanta gears up for an onslaught of visitors this Super Bowl weekend. → Read More
#MeToo Movement Empowers Women Accusers of R. Kelly, says Attorney
Gloria Allred, who represents one of the women who have gone public with sexual abuse allegations against the R&B superstar, tells TCR the growing power of social media has removed fears of challenging powerful men. → Read More
Can the U.S. Abolish Life Sentences?
Why is the U.S. almost alone among Western democracies in condemning people to life sentences? Marc Mauer and Ashley Nellis, co-authors of a new book calling for an end to the practice, tell TCR why they believe it’s time for us to change our hardline approach to punishment. → Read More
Laws Restricting Opioid Care Undermine Efforts to Curb Epidemic: Study
Allowing nurse-practitioners more “independence” in prescribing opioids to treat patients could play a key role in curbing the opioid epidemic, according to a University of Alabama study. → Read More
Can Meditation Reduce Stress, Police Use of Force?
Several thousand officers have been trained in “mindfulness” in cities like Dallas, Boston, and Seattle, as well as towns across Oregon, California, and Wisconsin. Proponents champion the practice as a way to treat the high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder among police and reduce excessive use of force. → Read More
Federal Courts Getting Tougher on Sex Offenders: Report
The number of sex offenders convicted in the federal criminal justice system nearly doubled between 2010 and 2016, and sex offenders were more frequently convicted of an offense carrying a mandatory minimum penalty during that period, according to the U.S. Sentencing Commission. → Read More
Ten Women Who Changed Criminal Justice in 2018
The Crime Report is proud to spotlight ten individuals whose work not only symbolizes the emerging roles of women as justice change-makers, but also reflects the issues that dominated the justice agenda during 2018, from the opioid crisis and gun violence to domestic trafficking and immigration reform. They include Christine Blasey Ford whose testimony at the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court… → Read More