Archive for August, 2015

Sex Offenders Locked Up on a Hunch

Sunday, August 16th, 2015

Hanna Barczyk

“The essence of the American criminal justice system is reactive, not predictive: You are punished for the crime you committed. You can’t be punished simply because you might commit one someday. You certainly can’t be held indefinitely to prevent that possibility.”

Read the full editorial in the New York Times.