LinkLinksOpinion James Forman Jr. in The Post: Justice sometimes needs a do-over By Editor On Sep 20, 2019 Last updated Sep 20, 2019 29 Share Two years ago, I wrote a book detailing how African American leaders in the District and elsewhere helped, sometimes unwittingly, to usher in the mass-incarceration era. Many black judges, mayors and legislators who served during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s supported unforgiving criminal laws or imposed draconian sentences in the belief that they were advancing the public good. But now, surveying the devastation that mass incarceration has inflicted on America’s black communities, they’d like to take back some of those votes and sentencing decisions. 29 Share FacebookTwitterReddItWhatsAppEmailPrint
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