CJCJ Board member Patti Lee, of San Francisco’s Public Defender’s Office, says establishing mandatory minimums for California’s youth is a “grave mistake.”
CJCJ’s Lizzie Buchen highlights the negative impact mandatory minimums would have on California’s youth in the San Jose Mercury News.
Blog Jun 17, 2014
Remembering John Vasconcellos
With the death of former State Senator John Vasconcellos on May 29, the California criminal justice reform community lost one of its great champions. Vasco, as he was affectionately known, was one of those rare elected officials whose commitment to justice never wavered.
Lizzie Buchen, CJCJ’s Communications and Policy Analyst, discusses the negative impact mandatory minimums would have on California’s juvenile justice system in a recent Juvenile Justice Information Exchange Op-ed.
Blog Jun 16, 2014
Scared of Gun Violence? Run INTO a School!*
School and college campuses account for 5 out of every 10,000 shootings in the United States, but occupy 90% of our discussion of gun violence.