Third Thursday
Events
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Sentencing Discretion: Latest Research and Model Policies
🚨 Please note: as of February 2026, all Third Thursday trainings will have individual Zoom links for registration rather than a recurring link, so you will need to register each month. This training explores emerging research and evolving approaches to sentencing discretion. Professor Eyal Aharoni will share insights from his work examining how information shapes …
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What You Do Matters: Lessons from the Holocaust
“What You Do Matters" examines what can happen when government shifts the mission of police from protecting individuals to abusing basic human rights. Through historical context and survivor narratives from the Holocaust, the session invites participants into a reflective dialogue about the role of law enforcement in today's communities and the importance of core values …
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Resentencing and Recidivism: What the Research Tells Us
What if the instincts driving incarceration decisions are systematically wrong, and the data can prove it? This training brings together two researchers whose work cuts straight to that question. Professor Hannah Shaffer of Harvard Law School links what prosecutors actually believe about the risk of violent re-arrest to the incarceration outcomes in their own cases. …
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