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The past week's Washington Post included this notable op-ed by Charles Lane under the headline "Here’s some hope for supporters of criminal justice reform." A focal point of the op-ed was this newly published paper by sociologist Michael Light titled "The Declining Significance of Race in Criminal Sentencing: Evidence from US Federal Courts."  Here is how the op-ed discusses some key findings with a positive spin: How many more months in prison do federal courts give Black drug offenders as opposed to comparable White offenders? The correct answer, through fiscal 2018, is: zero.  The rac...

A Northampton County inmate wasn’t able to vote in November. Now he’s suing the county. Updated Mar 10, 2021; A Northampton County inmate awaiting trial was approved for a mail-in ballot, but said he never received a ballot in time and was unable to vote in the November elections. The county says Darious Molina’s ballot was mailed -- to his home address that he used to register to vote. Molina, of Bethlehem Township, is now suing the county’s elections office, the county department of corrections and various officials on claims they did not make accommodations to ensure his fundament...

It's a myth that immigrants are more criminally oriented|column Alison Dagnes and Lawrence M. Eppard, York Daily Record This York artist's work carries a broader message on immigration Replay Video UP NEXT Imagine coming down with a serious health condition. Would you want your doctor to try just anything and hope it works? Probably not. A neck brace will not repair a ruptured Achilles tendon. Ibuprofen does not cure cancer. Furthermore, the wrong prescription not only leaves your ailment untreated, but may actually make it worse.  Like medical issues that afflict individual...

Date Time Foreign national suspects appear in court and sentenced more often Compared to suspects with the Dutch nationality, foreign nationals face court proceedings more often and are given a prison sentence more often than Dutch suspects. This was the outcome of research conducted by Hilde Wermink, Assistant Professor at Leiden Law School, and American sociologist Michael Light. Hilde Wermink As a consequence of more immigration and the free movement of persons, particularly in Europe, the criminal justice system is increasingly having to deal with foreign national suspects. Thes...

Contributing Writer contributed photo New data confirms what’s been true all along: Trump built his brand selling fear-mongering lies about immigrants and crime. As Donald Trump leaves office, it’s worth remembering how he first launched his campaign: by calling immigrants “murderers” and “rapists.” This was outrageous then. And there’s more evidence now that it was, of course, false. A new study finds that “undocumented immigrants have considerably lower crime rates than native-born citizens and legal immigrants across a range of criminal offenses, including violent, property...