How Much Punishment Is Enough?: Embracing Uncertainty In Modern Sentencing Reform, Jalila Jefferson-Bullock
Dec 2015
How Much Punishment Is Enough?: Embracing Uncertainty In Modern Sentencing Reform, Jalila Jefferson-Bullock
Jalila Jefferson-Bullock
It has now become fashionable to loudly proclaim that the U.S. criminal justice system is irreparably broken and requires a complete dismantling and total reconfiguration. The evidence is robust and the record is clear. Prisons are bloated and bursting with prisoners; budgets are ill endowed to support them; and offenders, due to excessive periods of unfruitful incapacitation, reenter society lacking in contributable and marketable skills. Racial disparities continue to corrupt charging and sentencing decisions; police brutality and human massacre are, woefully, commonplace; and the cycle continues.
The United States’ criminal sentencing laws too often fail to advance any legitimate law …
Are You (Still) My Great And Worthy Opponent Compassionate Release Of Terminally Ill Offenders, Jalila Jefferson-Bullock
Dec 2014
Are You (Still) My Great And Worthy Opponent Compassionate Release Of Terminally Ill Offenders, Jalila Jefferson-Bullock
Jalila Jefferson-Bullock
Compassionate release is rooted in the notion that changed circumstances post-conviction may render a criminal sentence inhumane, excessive, unjust, and, therefore, unwarranted. Compassionate release provides for the early release of prisoners for “extraordinary and compelling” reasons, which may include terminal illness, debilitating medical condition, age, and unique family caregiving duties. When a prisoner becomes terminally ill, compassionate release allows him to spend his last days on earth, in his own home, surrounded and supported by family and friends. In such situations, the justice system recognizes that radically changed circumstances have transformed the offender into a shadow of his former self, …
The Time Is Ripe To Include Considerations Of The Effects On Families And Communities Of Excessively Long Sentences, Jalila Jefferson-Bullock
Dec 2013
The Time Is Ripe To Include Considerations Of The Effects On Families And Communities Of Excessively Long Sentences, Jalila Jefferson-Bullock
Jalila Jefferson-Bullock
No abstract provided.
The Flexibility Of Section 5 And The Politics Of Disaster In Post-Katrina New Orleans, Jalila Jefferson-Bullock
Dec 2012
The Flexibility Of Section 5 And The Politics Of Disaster In Post-Katrina New Orleans, Jalila Jefferson-Bullock
Jalila Jefferson-Bullock
No abstract provided.
