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“TOUGH ON CRIME” and “PUNITIVE SENTENCING REGIMES” are the anachronistic, ancestral and draconian legacies of the conservative “punisher’s brain”.

Posted byDennis Reeve 21 May 202121 May 2021
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/american-punishers-brain
Posted byDennis Reeve21 May 202121 May 2021Posted inUncategorized

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