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Guest blogger Liza B. Fleming, a student at Temple Law, shares her reflections on last week\u2019s Sheller-Center-sponsored panel on crime and policing (the second in our \u201cMaking Sense of the Legal Headlines\u201d series).<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to be able to keep moving forward,\u201d said Charles Ramsey, discussing police and criminal justice reform under the Trump administration. The Sheller Center panel, \u201cUnderstanding the Headlines: Crime and Policing,\u201d featured Ramsey, former Philadelphia Police Department Commissioner and co-Chair of President Obama’s\u00a0Task Force on 21st Century Policing; former prosecutor Meg Reiss, now leading the Institute\u00a0for Innovation in Prosecution at John Jay College of Criminal Justice; and Lauren Ouziel, former federal prosecutor and Temple Law professor.<\/p>\n

Professor Ouziel began by outlining some Obama administration criminal justice reform themes and those we can expect to see from the Trump administration. During the Obama administration, she explained, the government lowered penalties, including reducing crack cocaine penalties. Additionally, Justice Department directives encouraged prosecutors to effectuate reforms through charging discretion. Finally, successful policing reforms included an increase in pattern-and-practice investigations of police departments. By contrast, under the Trump administration, she noted that we expect to see less interest in charging and sentencing reform; a possible desire to enforce federal laws in states with legalized marijuana; and a decrease in investigations of police departments<\/p>\n

The shift from the Obama to the Trump administration will set back the clock on criminal justice reform. \u201cThe emphasis on reform is going to be impacted by the current Justice Department,\u201d Charles Ramsey conceded. But it became clear that the urgency of reform is not a product of the newly elected Trump administration; there have always been areas for potential reform. And with less interest in reform in the White House, change likely will occur on the local level. Meg Reiss noted, \u201cThere is so much opportunity with your local prosecutor to really drive change.\u201d She explained that private funding and private organizations that support criminal justice would drive the progress. Thus, I was left with a hopeful message that even though the federal government will not be supporting reform, both the public and local organizations are finding a role in criminal justice reform. With that, we can keep moving forward.<\/p>\n

Liza has also put together a set of links<\/a> for further reading.<\/em><\/p>\n

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