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Courts and Sentencing debate desk
Is Cash Bail Unjust, and Did Ending It Make Communities Safer? Bail should depend on risk, not wealth alone; but systems that release dangerous defendants without a hearing put victims and witnesses at risk. Is Mass Incarceration America's Real Crime Problem, Not Crime Itself? America imprisons many people, but most state prisoners are serving time for violent offenses; reform should target nonviolent cases, not violence. Are Nationwide Injunctions by a Single Judge a Needed Check on Presidents? Universal injunctions barely existed before the 1960s; the Supreme Court limited them in 2025, and class actions and appeals remain available for broad relief. Are Progressive Prosecutors Reformers Who Make Justice Fairer? Prosecutors have wide discretion, and some who refuse whole categories of cases have faced recalls; discretion is not the same as ignoring the law.