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decriminalization

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West Coast Progressives Did Not Cause This Crisis

A revival of War on Drugs–style punishment aims to score political points against liberal cities—but it won’t make us safer, and it won’t reduce opioid deaths.

Katherine Beckett

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Decarceral Pathways

Just Surviving

Crimes committed because of financial hardship are a form of labor and should not be subject to criminal legal punishment.

Yvette T. Butler

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Beyond Reform

Rethinking the State

For criminal law to become truly unexceptional, we must rethink our society, and its legal structures, as a whole.

Benjamin Levin

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