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Dallas Is Prosecuting Fewer People for Weed Offenses

Misdemeanor charges can disrupt people’s lives. Here’s what happens when district attorneys stop prosecuting them.

Dallas Marijuana Non-Prosecution Policy Reduced Police Referrals, SMU Study Says

En Dallas: Disminuyen enjuiciamientos por posesión marihuana

Police referrals reduced in Dallas County

New Dallas County Marijuana Non-Prosecution Policy Reduced Police Referrals According to SMU Law Report

Dallas County Relaxed Marijuana Enforcement and the World Didn’t End

New Dallas County marijuana non-prosecution policy reduced police referrals according to SMU Law's Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center

Researchers evaluating how District Attorney John Creuzot’s relaxing marijuana enforcement affects Dallas-area pattern of arrests

Black people disproportionately prosecuted for low-level marijuana crimes in Dallas County, study finds

Life-without-parole sentences are exploding. But America’s legal defense system hasn’t kept pace.

Community Conversation: SMU Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center Studies Dallas DA Policy

SMU Law Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center report highlights role race plays in marijuana enforcement

SMU Law's Deason Center releases report that highlights role race plays in marijuana enforcement

Deason Center Receives $150k Grant from W.W. Caruth, Jr. Fund at Communities Foundation of Texas

Evidence-based paths toward criminal justice reform

Deason Center Receives $100k Grant from Chrest Foundation

Deason Center Receives $26k Grant from Texas Bar Foundation

What this law prof has learned about rural justice

Rural justice systems low on pretrial resources leave some to languish, die

Why rural Americans struggle for equal justice

Thou Shalt Not Ration Justice

Equal justice depends on properly funding public defenders