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By Mark McDermott The Manhattan Beach City Council is trying to find a way to prosecute misdemeanor crimes that occur within the city. At last week’s council…
An LAist review of millions of criminal cases found a dramatic decline in the rate at which the DA charges misdemeanors.
Several academics and advocates influential in criminal justice reform gathered Thursday for a conversation on the influence of misdemeanors on Americaâs criminal justice system â the topic of a new documentary premised on a Harvard Law School professor's book. Published in December 2018, HLS professor Alexandra Natapoffâs book, âPunishment Without Crime: How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal,â investigates the close relationship between misdemeanors and systemic injustices within the American criminal justice system. The...