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Criminal Justice
A drug felony does not end when the sentence ends. Employment barriers, housing denials, credit damage, voting restrictions, and gun rights loss create a hidden sentence that keeps people trapped long after release.
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The Bottleneck of Bureaucracy: How Wisconsin Moves the Prison Pressure Around
Wisconsin's prison count fell when courts slowed, then climbed back toward its old peak. Here is how overcrowding, contract beds, and program scarcity move through the same machine.
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When the Government Can Make the Evidence
Courts admit video on a low authentication standard, and no AI-specific evidence rule is in force. Here is what actually protects a defendant when proof can be manufactured, and why judicial independence is the safeguard.
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Wisconsin’s Prison, Reentry, and Supervision Machine
An honest look at Wisconsin’s justice machine from someone who lived it: prisons, reentry, supervision, agents, cops, lawyers, PDs, laws, and lawmakers.
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Drug Legalization and Recidivism: What the Evidence Shows
How does drug legalization affect recidivism? It can cut drug-related arrests and re-incarceration cycles when reform pairs legal access with treatment, housing, and reentry support.
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Drug Legalization Series Part 10: With Drug Legalization, Accountability Still Exists
Part 10 explores drug legalization accountability: what gets enforced when use isn't a crime, and how a regulated market protects the public.
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Drug Legalization Series Part 5: How Illegal Drug Markets Power Gangs and Cartels
Drug prohibition violence is predictable, illegal markets fuel gangs, cartels, and violence. How prohibition creates the chaos it claims to stop.
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Drug Legalization Series Part 3: The Hidden Sentence
Drug felony conviction: voting rights, gun rights, and the permanent sentence rarely discussed. Part 3 in the drug legalization series.
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Drug Legalization Series Part 2: How Drug Criminalization Creates a Permanent Underclass
Drug felony consequences go far beyond court: employment and housing barriers, ruined credit, and traps that follow people after release.