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Tag Archives: The Sentencing Project
Minority Impact Statements: History and Continuing Efforts
The Iowa quarter, printed in the latter part of 2004, is based upon a Grant Wood painting depicting a group of students and their teacher planting a tree outside of a county school. The statement on the coin says, “Foundation … Continue reading
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MINORITY IMPACT STATEMENT LEGISLATION 101 ROUNDTABLE Friday, January 10, 2020 In 2008 Iowa became the first state in America to pass the Minority Impact Statement Legislation. The internationally known Sentencing Project based in Washington, DC had concluded in their research … Continue reading
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Tagged Brown & Black Forums, Minority impact statements, The Sentencing Project, Wayne Ford
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Enhancing Minority Disproportionate Incarceration Rates In Iowa
A minority impact statement is a significant portion of a fiscal note prepared by the nonpartisan Fiscal Division of the Iowa Legislative Services Agency. In cooperation with the Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning of the Department of Human … Continue reading
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Tagged Fiscal Division - Iowa Legislative Services Agency, House File 528, Iowa County Attorneys Association, Iowa Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning, Iowa Senate Judiciary Committee, Rep. Dave Dawson, Sen. Charles Schneider, Senate File 384, The Sentencing Project
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