Discovery For Justice
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Discovery For Justice is a coalition that advocates for improvements in the law, the legal system, and the administration of justice.
03/23/2022
“We think it’s important that policy making follows facts rather than fear.” NYC Comptroller Brad Lander speaking truth to power in a new US News/ AP op-ed. Despite intense fear-mongering to increase incarceration, a report from the Comptroller’s office found that the number and percentage of people in the city rearrested while on pretrial release were LOWER two years post-reform than they were a year prior to the changes.
This is serious. More people will end up in Rikers—which is currently understaffed and in a full-blown human rights crisis—for trivial, nonviolent offenses like jumping the turnstile in the subway. This will disproportionately impact low-income Black and Brown New Yorkers, who are more likely to be profiled by police and less likely to be able to afford bail.
Read the full op-ed on and contact your state representatives to let them know we cannot allow this to happen!
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