Op-eds
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Examples of the Center authoring op-ed pieces include:
- An op-ed in The Washington Post by Executive Director Anthony S. Barkow commending Virgina Gov. Tim Kaine's proposal to cut incarceration costs by releasing some non-violent offenders who have been model inmates by enlarging the generally-applicable period of early release to 90 days from the present 30 days
- An op-ed on CNN.com by Executive Director Anthony S. Barkow commenting that Judge Sonia Sotomayor's experience as a local prosecutor would bring to the Supreme Court a perspective on criminal law that other Justices lack (noted as "an effective piece" on the Sentencing Law and Policy blog)
- An op-ed in The Boston Herald by Faculty Director Rachel E. Barkow and Fellow Joshua Libling '09 recommending that Massachusetts use fiscal-cost forecasting when considering and enacting criminal legislation affecting sentencing
- An op-ed in The New York Daily News by Executive Director Anthony S. Barkow criticizing the leak of information regarding baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez's failed steroid test, which had been seized as part of a criminal investigation in San Francisco and was leaked in apparent violation of a court order
- An op-ed on the Sentencing Law & Policy blog by Executive Director Anthony S. Barkow and Fellow Jason Richman '11 regarding the decision by the Boston United States Attorney not to prosecute public intellectual and blogger Andrew Sullivan, and arguing that prosecutors should consider collateral consequences when making charging decisions
- An op-ed on the American Constitution Society blog by Executive Director Anthony S. Barkow regarding an allegation by a former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney that he was told to defend the convictions of two men whom he believed to be innocent of the murder of a bouncer outside the Palladium nightclub in New York City
- An op-ed on the American Constitution Society blog by Executive Director Anthony S. Barkow regarding California's ballot referendum Proposition 5 (with Vibhav Mittal, NYU Law '08)
- An op-ed on the American Constitution Society blog by Executive Director Anthony S. Barkow criticizing the FBI's leak of an investigation into voter registration activities by the community activist group ACORN