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Scott Olson/Getty Images While Americans waited Tuesday for the verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, Fordham Law professor and prominent criminologist John Pfaff tweeted something grim. He wondered: Would a conviction, “however much justice demands it,” actually be a step forward? “Would an acquittal here,” Pfaff continued, “push more people to demand more radical change? Does a conviction lead too many to think ‘the system corrects itself.’ Or... not?” I genuinely wonder if a conviction, however much justice demands it, is actually—practical...

Accepting Crime, Abolishing Punishment Liberals are falling into a political trap of their own devising, and they’re going to reverse decades of safety along the way American liberalism is in a strong position to dominate cultural and political life in the United States for the near future, with Joe Biden in the White House and the Democratic Party in control of both houses of Congress. The cultural and media elites are, for now, united in their conviction that they have saved democracy and that the future is theirs. And yet, a serious challenge to this new liberal ascendancy could be comi...

US to phase out private-prison contracts By LIA ZHU in San Francisco | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-02-01 11:07 An exterior view shows the DeKalb County Jail in Decatur, Georgia, US, Sept 8, 2020. [Photo/Agencies] The United States, with the largest prison population in the world, is phasing out the use of private prisons, a move advocates are applauding but also criticizing as not shrinking the federal prison system but just transferring inmates to public facilities. President Joe Biden, within the first two weeks of his presidency, signed an executive...

‘Much More Work To Be Done.’ Advocates Call for More Action Against Private Prisons After Biden's ‘First Step’ Executive Order Time 1/29/2021 Madeleine Carlisle © Joe Raedle—Getty Images Protesters gather in front of the GEO Group headquarters to speak out against the company that manages private prisons across the United States on May 4, 2015 in Boca Raton, Florida. On Jan. 26, President Joe Biden signed an executive order directing the Department of Justice (DOJ) not to renew its contracts with private prisons, effectively returning to an Obama-era policy that...

Don’t Get Too Excited About President Biden’s Ban On Private Prisons Don’t Get Too Excited About President Biden’s Ban On Private Prisons Legal experts argue that this order’s overall impact will be more symbolic than anything resembling actual prison reform. Corporate slavery is slowly dying in the United States. President Biden recently signed an executive order designed to eliminate the for-profit prison system supported by Uncle Sam. In an Instagram message posted on Thursday evening, Biden wrote: “No one should be profiteering off of our criminal justice system. That’s why...