To discuss this and a larger debate around crime and punishment, I'm joined by Amy Fettig, executive director of The Sentencing Project, and Zack Smith, a fellow with The Heritage Foundation's Edwin Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.
Date: Feb 10, 2023
Category: U.S.
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Juvenile Solitary Confinement Has Been Banned In LA County
though his decision was mostly symbolic (the federal government is the largest incarcerator in the nation, but there are only 26 juveniles in federal prison, according to a recent article). Amy Fettig, the senior staff counsel of the ACLU, called Obama's decision "an enormous display of moral leadership.
Amy Fettig, senior staff counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union's Prisoner Project in Washington, D.C., told the newspaper that there was nothing wrong with the Justice Department's methodology.