Advocates say habitual offender laws, such as the one under which Michael Lightfoot was sentenced, are draconian, increase incarceration rates, and amplify racial inequities in the justice system.
A medical student who studied by candlelight while living with the violence of civil war in his home country of Syria and a law student who spent her early years living in poverty in El Salvador are among four Yale students who have been selected as
Anis Barmada ’29 M.D./Ph.D., Andrea Alejandra Deleón Cruz ’24 J.D., Edward Friedman ’24 J.D., and Kingson Lin ’23 M.D./Ph.D. are among this year’s fellows.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom approved limiting prison terms for those associated with street gangs, among several criminal justice bills restricting enhancements that can add years to offenders’ sentences.