read any of the articles from the marshall project a nonprofit journalism source about criminal justice linked below

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Read any of the articles from THE MARSHALL PROJECT (a nonprofit journalism source about criminal justice) linked below:

  1. I Did My 25 Years. Now I’m Fighting Another Sentence—Deportation
  2. Can We Fix Mass Incarceration Without Including Violent Offenders?
  3. Maryland Leads as Prison Populations Continue to Decline
  4. Is The “First Step Act” Real Reform?
  5. Prosecutor Sentence Review Units Would Revisit Punishments from the Past
  6. Why It’s So Hard For Death Row Prisoners Like Rodney Reed To Prove They’re Innocent
  7. Oklahoma Releases Hundreds From Prison on One Day

https://www.themarshallproject.org/# (Links to an external site.)


Then:

  • Summarize the article’s key points.
    • Since the summary you compose is relatively brief, DO NOT USE DIRECT QUOTES FROM THE ARTICLE. MAKE SURE TO PARAPHRASE/USE YOUR OWN WORDS.
  • Explain how the article is related to this week’s assigned readings.
  • Discuss a law or criminal justice policy that you think should be enacted to resolve the sentencing-related problem(s) addressed in the article.

Week 6

(2/10 – 2/16)

Topic

COURTS: Sentencing Guidelines; Sentencing Reform

Readings

Book 1 – Hemmens (2014): Chapter 7 &17

Book 2 – Israel et al. (2016): Chapter 20