Sentencing Law and Policy: July 18, 2021
New UNODC report details interesting global realities and trends in incarceration A section of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has released this interesting new data report highlighting on its cover page "Nearly twelve million people imprisoned globally; nearly one-third unsentenced; with prisons overcrowded in half of all countries." This release about the report provides some context and highlights: One in every three prisoners worldwide are held without a trial, which means that they have not been found guilty by any court of justice, according to the first global research...