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.
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.