Thread: August is the month that many people start applying to law schools, and this thread is for those with criminal convictions who want to go to law school. We need you in the profession. The same groups that tend to be overrepresented in the criminal justice system are often the same groups that are underrepresented in the legal profession.

Going to use @AmesCG's post as a proxy for many criminal justice reformers who have posted similar sentiments in the past few weeks. I agree with Ames that, as a policy matter, DOJ should not place thousands of people who have done well on home confinement back in prison.

https://twitter.com/AmesCG/status/1421951436313792520

That said, the crucial question is not about policy; it is about the scope of the BOP’s authority under the CARES Act as a matter of law. And the difference between policy versus law really constrains what President Biden can do here.

THREAD: In reviewing Professor @RachelBarkow’s fabulous book, Prisoners of Politics, I analyzed hundreds of letters that @TheJusticeDept and the National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys have written to federal policymakers on proposed #CRreforms
bit.ly/2xSU2f8 What I discovered was shocking and yet utterly unsurprising at the same time. Federal prosecutors like to say they just enforce the law—no more no less. Don’t believe them. The DOJ and NAAUSA have major lobbying efforts with all federal policymakers.
bit.ly/2xSU2f8