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3 Oct 2014, 11:06 am by Gritsforbreakfast
National Journal credits the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Marc Levin as the explanation for "How Republicans Stopped Being Tough on Crime. [read post]
19 Nov 2007, 12:38 am
Kuff points to an article by Marc Levin of th Texas Public Policy Foundation in the Houston Chronicle ("How to survive without new jails," Nov. 17) suggesting alternatives for Harris County officials after their recent jail bonds failed at the ballot box by a narrow 51-49 margin. [read post]
12 Mar 2014, 10:51 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Read Nate Blakeslee's interview with Right on Crime founder Marc Levin of the Texas Public Policy Foundation on the topic of "Why fewer prisons are good for Texas's economy." [read post]
20 Apr 2013, 2:48 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The headline to this post is the title of a two-page policy brief from Marc Levin at the Texas Public Policy Foundation giving legislators guidance when considering new criminal penalty enhancements. [read post]
7 Apr 2010, 5:25 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The prolific Marc Levin at the Texas Public Policy Foundation last month published a short paper (pdf) titled "Time to Rethink What's a Crime. [read post]
6 Oct 2021, 10:00 pm by Chris Dreyer
As his practice, Anidjar & Levine, has gone from strength to strength, Marc has been able to experiment with […] [read post]
17 Jul 2012, 9:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Marc Levin of the Texas Public Policy Foundation had an exceptionally good column in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram adumbrating the growing role of individualized assessment in Texas corrections, which he argues should be reinforced in 2013 during the Sunset process. [read post]
24 Feb 2013, 3:34 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit fame has an interview up at Pajamas Media from earlier this month with Marc Levin of the Texas Public Policy Foundation on overcriminalization. [read post]
9 Jun 2010, 4:00 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Marc Levin at the Texas Public Policy Foundation has a column out titled "In Juvenile Justice, Less is Often More," arguing that community-based alternatives are cheaper and more effective for all but the most high-risk youth. [read post]
16 May 2012, 9:59 am by Dana Manner
Marc Plotnick, former owner of Plotty’s Discount Motors in Stuart, Florida was facing a potential sentence of 140 years of jail time on odometer fraud and other felony charges. [read post]
2 Apr 2008, 12:45 am
Little attention is paid to how various jurisdictions spend money generated from asset forfeitures in drug cases, but Marc Levin at the Texas Public Policy Foundations fears they've become "political slush funds," and calls in a short column for their further regulation:The Montgomery County district attorney has spent thousands of dollars in assets seized from criminals on items that have little to do with official prosecutorial duties, including liquor for parties.… [read post]
27 Oct 2014, 3:23 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Marc Levin of the Texas Public Policy Foundation was quoted this week in the New York Times (Oct. 24) supporting the idea of "ban the box" legislation making it easier for ex-offenders to apply for certain public sector jobs. [read post]
15 Jun 2009, 5:28 pm
Levin & Perconti will be hosting an American Constitution Society discussion tomorrow. [read post]
2 Nov 2007, 1:52 am
Marc Levin of the Texas Public Policy Foundation suggests that with the Legislature considering greater regulation in the wake of the abusive conditions alleged at a private youth prison in Coke County, Texas "should not abandon the use of competition in corrections," but use the incident as "a promising opportunity to boldly restructure such outsourcing. [read post]
13 Jan 2016, 6:15 am by Elizabeth Cummins, Esq.
California state Assemblyman Marc Levine has proposed a bill to allow “ballot selfies. [read post]
10 Jan 2009, 10:34 pm
As news of more youth on youth sex assaults at the Texas Youth Commission spawns reclassification and segmentation of inmates and more calls to merge the agency with the Juvenile Probation Commission, Marc Levin of the Texas Public Policy Foundation rightly argues in a Houston Chronicle column ("Consider competition in efforts to reform juvenile justice system," Jan. 10) that the debate over merging agencies has obscured a perhaps more important recommendation from the… [read post]