Research

Constitutional Rights and Criminal Justice Reform

YearTitleSource
2026Criminal Justice Reform Didn't End – It DecentralizedJust Security
2025Princeton’s Udi Ofer is choreographing a rare consensus across partisan linesPrinceton University
2025Bipartisan Group Facilitated by Princeton SPIA Issues Criminal Justice Reform PrinciplesPrinceton School of Public and International Affairs
2024Bipartisan Criminal-Justice Reform Is Still Very Much AliveThe Atlantic
2024From Clinton to Trump, how talk about crime has changed since a landmark billNPR
2023Biden Commutes Drug Sentences for 11 and Expands Marijuana PardonsThe New York Times
2023N.J. lawmakers move bill forward to give some civilian review boards subpoena powerNew Jersey Monitor
2023Two Decades of Prison Did Not Prepare Me for the Horrors of County JailThe New York Times
20233 proposals to prevent police violence and build accountabilityThe Hill
2023Biden Promised a Police Misconduct Database. He’s Yet to Deliver.The Marshall Project
2022Politicians’ Tough-on-Crime Messaging Could Have Devastating ConsequencesTime
2022Biden Pardons Thousands Convicted of Marijuana Possession Under Federal LawThe New York Times
2022There's no excuse for allowing the savage cocaine injustice to persistThe Washington Post
2022The Executive Order on Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety Is a Foundation to Build UponThe Center for American Progress
2022Despite Backlash, Voters and Lawmakers Continue to Choose Criminal Justice ReformACLU
202050 years after the start of the war on drugs, Americans have a chance to fix the harm it createdThe Hill
2019Nearly 500 Prisoners Freed on a Single DayThe New York Times
2019Unveiling a State-by-State Plan to End our Mass Incarceration CrisisACLU
2018Inmates Question Prospective Prosecutors in Jailhouse Campaign DebateThe New York Times
2018Criminal justice reformers aim big by targeting local DA racesNBC News
2018Bail reform, which could save millions of unconvicted people from jail, explainedVox
2017It’s time to rethink prisoner re-entryThe Hill
2017Why New Orleans Leads the U.S. in Wrongful ConvictionsThe Atlantic
2017Bail-Bond System Exploits the Poor and Undermines Justice, ACLU SaysNBC News
2017Kalief Browder’s Tragic Death and the Criminal Injustice of Our Bail SystemACLU
2016Getting It Right: Building Effective Civilian Review Boards to Oversee PoliceSeton Hall Law Review
2013Newark Police Department Limits Cooperation With Federal Immigration AgencyWNYC Radio
2011/12Criminalizing the Classroom: The Rise of Aggressive Policing and Zero Tolerance Discipline in New York City Public SchoolsNew York Law School Law Review
   

Public Policy Advocacy

YearTitleSource
2025Policy Advocacy and the EQUAL Act with Udi OferThe Ohio State University: Drugs on the Docket Podcast
2025Undergraduate Students Conduct Death Penalty Research for U.N. in Landmark Geneva CoursePrinceton School of Public and International Affairs
2025“Humanity belongs at the heart of policy” – High Commissioner tells Princeton studentsUnited Nations: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
2025SPIA Undergraduates Headed to UN in Geneva to Advocate for ChangePrinceton Alumni Weekly
2024Princeton Policy Advocacy Clinic Students Release Analysis of Federal Crack-Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparities, Draw Bipartisan PraisePrinceton School of Public and International Affairs
2024SPIA Undergrads Successfully Advocate for Extension of UN Expert Mechanism on Racial Justice in Law EnforcementPrinceton School of Public and International Affairs
2023Policy Advocacy Clinic Team Formally Submits Report to U.N. Human Rights CommitteePrinceton International
2023An Immersion in Policy Advocacy for SPIA UndergraduatesPrinceton School of Public and International Affairs
2022Dean's Dialogue: Influencing Public Policy FirsthandPrinceton School of Public and International Affairs
2018Task Force Students Seek Solutions to Mass IncarcerationPrinceton School of Public and International Affairs