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W. David Ball
@WDavidBall
Professor, Santa Clara School of Law. Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Structural Reforms to the Crimimal Legal System. Co-Chair, ABA Corrections Committee
Jan 11, 2019 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
Reupping this with extensive commentary in response to a former student who asked why I think this is great news. It occurs to me that this isn't obvious, so here's my attempt to explain why I think this is a step in the right direction. 1/ Incarceration should be used sparingly, and we should ensure that any loss of liberty is imposed fairly. Why? There are constitutional requirements for the fairness (as well as moral ones), incarceration is destructive and often iatrogenic, and it's resource intensive.
Aug 28, 2018 • 25 tweets • 4 min read
THREAD: I have some thoughts on SB10, which was just signed today by Governor Brown. If this is all that gets accomplished, it's not enough. There is much, much more to do when it comes to reforming pretrial release/detention practices in California (and they should be, overwhelmingly, release practices)