PRESS RELEASE

Blogs discussing crime and criminal law have, up to this point, been written largely from a criminal defense viewpoint.  The Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, based in Sacramento, California, has today launched a blog to provide daily updates on current news, court rulings, commentary and research, generally reflecting a scholarly pro-law enforcement perspective.  Among the contributors are former United States Attorney General Edwin Meese, Former Harvard, UCLA and current Pepperdine Public Policy Professor James Q. Wilson, Professor Joseph Bessette (Claremont McKenna College), Professor George Kelling (Rutgers), Professor Isaac Ehrlich (University of Buffalo), Professor Barry Latzer (John Jay College of Criminal Justice), former California prosecutor Douglas Pipes, Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz and CJLF Legal Director Kent Scheidegger.

The inaugural issue features a post by Professor Barry Latzer of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice commenting on David McCord, “If Capital Punishment Were Subject to Consumer Protection Laws,” in the current issue of Judicature.  Commentary and reports on several recent United States Supreme Court decisions are also posted.

The blog is titled “Crime and Consequences” to reflect its underlying philosophy of criminal law.  People make choices, and choices have consequences.  That is true of the perpetrator’s decision to commit the crime and of society’s decision regarding what to do about it.