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  The Oakland branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) issued a letter to Oakland City leaders which said the movement to defund police has led to a “heyday” for criminals. “Failed leadership, including the movement to defund the police, our District Attorney’s unwillingness to charge and prosecute people who murder and commit life threatening serious crimes, and the proliferation of anti-police rhetoric have created a heyday for Oakland criminals. If there are no consequences for committing crime in Oakland, crime will continue to soar,” the NAACP wrote. Criminals in the city are aware of local government shortcomings, the NAACP said, urging leaders to take immediate action in bolstering emergency response services such as the police department and 911 dispatch system. “We are in crisis and elected leaders must declare a state of emergency and bring resources together from the city, the county, and the state to end the crisis. We are 500 pol...

This is part 3 of a continuing series.  This edition of Right on Crime Wrong on Crime will focus on Alaska.   Crime is a big problem in Alaska. The state has not seen the dramatic reductions over the past decade that most of the rest of the country has experienced. There are several reasons for that, including a severe recession triggered by a slump in oil prices and a serious problem with opioids.  In 2016, the legislature in Alaska was one of the first states to look at revising is bail system and its criminal justice system.  Marc Levin with the Texas Public Policy Foundation and Right on Crime argued that Alaska should go further than setting up post conviction reforms, but should also revise the criminal justice system pre-conviction in several areas by reclassifing certain felony crimes to misdemeneanor and by implementing other reforms relying on the defendant to appear for court based upon their own promise and without the use of surety bondsmen for many...

  This is the second article in a series entitled "Right on Crime Wrong on Crime."  This series seeks to review the history of positions taken by Right on Crime/TPPF to see how their positions have held up to the test of time. In this edition the focus is New York's 2019 bail reform law. In 2015, Marc Levin, the director of Right On Crime, a conservative criminal justice think tank, told MSNBC, “So I’m pleased with New York’s initiative [for bail reform] and it’s certainly consistent with what we’ve been advocating.”  To see the original article CLICK HERE . In 2019, New York enacted major bail reform that went into effect on January 1, 2020 right before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The statute set out a list of crimes in which the trial court was required to release a defendant without bail.  This form of release is referred to as "Simple Release" where the defendant is not required to give any security that he or she will appear for court other than th...

  This is the start of a new series of articles regarding the group "Right on Crime."  The purpose of these articles is to address whether this group is truly an expert on criminal justice reform issues.  The question raised is whether Right on Crime is usually wrong on crime. Right on Crime is a national initiative of the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Right on Crime is described as a conservative U.S. criminal justice reform initiative that aims to gain support for criminal justice reform by sharing research and policy ideas, mobilizing leaders, and by raising public awareness. Right On Crime reforms are focused on "reducing crime, lowering costs and restoring victims."     Therefore, Right on Crime holds itself out as a resource for politicians and legislatures to find conservative approaches to criminal justice reform. Politicians look to groups like Right on Crime to foresee the various possibilties regarding proposals to help politicians evaluat...