State legislatures introduce and pass new laws all the time, many of which affect the criminal codes: they create new crimes, decriminalize others, and increase and reduce sentences. But what are the trends? Are state legislatures adding more crimes and steeper sentences, or are they heading the other way?
A new report from the Prosecutors and Politics Project at the UNC School of Law seeks to answer those questions. The report is called “Crime and Punishment Across America,” examining state crime laws that were introduced and passed between 2015 and 2018.
Click here to read the report in full.
Aaron chats with Carissa Byrne Hessick, the director of the Prosecutors and Politics Project.
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