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Sep 18, 2019

Non-violent drug offenders need help, not felony records

Maybe it’s time for prosecutors like Barbara LaWall to stop defending the status quo and embrace a more effective justice system based on data and evidence. It has worked in Texas, Utah, Georgia and 29 other states. And unless Arizonans are somehow more crime-prone than the rest of the country, it will work here, too.

Caroline Isaacs, director of American Friends Service Committee, makes a point during a press conference Aug. 3, 2017, to introduce a report the group published on the high number of drug offenders in prison. (Photo by Rachel Leingang/Arizona Capitol Times)
Aug 3, 2017

Quaker group seeks drug-law reform, treatment to reduce prison populations

More than one-fifth of Arizona prisoners are serving time for drug offenses, according to a new report from a justice reform group.

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