I remember when our criminal justice system worked well. There was time to have proper trials. There were nearly zero wrongful convictions. Our prison population was about 338,000 (now over 2.1 million). That was 1973, the year I graduated from law school. That was before the “war on drugs” got ramped up. That was 45 years ago; that is how long it has taken us to create the dysfunctional justice system seen in America today. Nixon...

Ken’s Comments:   READ Good News! Our Officials are Starting to Get the Message – Policies are Changing! Letter to the Editor kra  Delaware is starting to “get it”, and this shows that New York is starting to  “get it”. Not fast enough, and not boldly enough, but “the times they are a changing”. What do I mean by that? I mean politicians – the ones who created so many senseless and...

In preparing my Letter to the Editor,  I called my friend, Judy Smith at the Board of Pardons, to get the actual numbers. Astonishingly (I mean this is an incredible departure of their practice of “deny, deny, deny”!) 39 out of 40 Applications for a Pardon were recommended to the governor for approval. Of the 11 inmates who applied for a commutation (sentence reduction – early release), three were granted (the three men whom...

UPDATE: 12/19/17   In preparing my Letter to the Editor, to go out on Friday, I called my friend, Judy Smith at the Board of Pardons to get the actual numbers. Astonishingly (I mean this is an incredible departure of their practice of “deny, deny, deny”!) 39 out of 40 Applications for a Pardon were recommended to the governor for approval. Of the 11 inmates who applied for a commutation (early release), three were granted (the...

I’m telling you; this is THE newsletter for information on marijuana … Political, Health and Science, Business, Culture, Criminal Justice, and more! I wish I could highlight many more of the articles for you, but time allows me only two. READ THROUGH the newsletter to find whatever interests YOU. It is easy to use.  ...