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Parole reform 'prioritizes fairness over fear' (Your Letters)


Parole reform ‘prioritizes fairness over fear’ (Your Letters)
Updated Feb 25, 2021;
It’s no surprise that we continue to see the same tired arguments, cherry-picked stories and fear-mongering tactics used every time a criminal legal reform emerges. We cannot give in to fear above facts, especially when tackling the racial injustice of mass incarceration.
Here’s the truth: New York’s Parole Board regularly denies release based solely on the one thing that a person can never change, namely their crime of conviction, which does nothing to indicate how much a person has transformed. Worse is that these decisions are defined by stark racial bias. This injustice, coupled with brutal sentencing laws, have created a crisis of aging and death in prison. ....

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N.Y. pols propose 'clean slate' legislation to seal and expunge criminal records


N.Y. pols propose ‘clean slate’ legislation to seal and expunge criminal records
Denis Slattery
ALBANY Advocates and lawmakers are again looking to give New Yorkers who have paid their debt to society a stigma-free fresh start.
A new “Clean Slate” bill being proposed would create a two-step process to automatically seal and eventually expunge past convictions and make it easier for those who served time to find work and housing opportunities.
“A criminal conviction shouldn’t be a life sentence to second-class status, but for many of our friends, neighbors, family members and fellow New Yorkers, that’s exactly what it is,” said sponsor Sen. Zellnor Myrie (D-Brooklyn). “Our Clean Slate legislation aims to change that.” ....

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