"Shots Fired" by @jm_miller and the @sltrib is only the latest recent report documenting the deeply problematic conduct of police in Salt Lake and Utah. 1/ sltrib.com/news/2021/11/2… @jm_miller and @PaightenHarkins also reviewed a decade of data that “clearly shows police in Utah disproportionately shoot at racial and ethnic minorities.” 2/ sltrib.com/news/2021/09/2…

Today, the D.C. Circuit will hear oral arguments dealing with the federal government's plan to resume federal executions. AG Barr says the government "owes it" to victims and their families. To be clear–Barr's plan has nothing to do with victims. (1/15) theappeal.org/william-barr-d… Many victims’ families believe the death penalty prolongs their pain. One study found just 2.5% of victims’ families reported feeling closure after the person convicted of murder was executed. (2/15) deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/studies-d…

There is so much wrong with this editorial. Deputy AG Rosen resorts to the well-known, yet proven to have failed, tough on crime talking points. Here a rant on just some of the reasons we need to stop listening to what got us into our mass incarceration crisis in the first place:

https://twitter.com/PostOpinions/status/1199716794908446721

The details of our mass incarceration crisis are well-known at this point. $2.2 million people behind bars, with penalties unlike almost any other country ... prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie201…