About

The Crime and Consequences Blog is sponsored by the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation. The blog discusses crime and the criminal law. Topics include:

1. Criminal and crime-related civil cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
2. Significant decisions in the field by other courts.
3. Significant criminal justice legislation.
4. Studies with public policy implications related to crime and criminal justice.
5. Links to and discussion of news items and blogs related to criminal law.

Like most blogs, this one has a distinctive point of view. We approach criminal law issues from the perspective of victims of crime and the law-abiding public. As most of the existing criminal law blogs are defense-oriented, this is a step toward balance in the blogosphere as a whole.

Why “Crime and Consequences”? The name reflects the underlying philosophy about crime. People have free will. People make choices. Those choices have consequences. When people choose to commit crimes, there are consequences for the victims, for the perpetrators, and for society. When society chooses how to punish crime, those choices also have consequences. Exploring these choices and their consequences is what this blog is about.

Current CJLF blog authors:

Michael Rushford— CJLF President.
Kent Scheidegger— CJLF Legal Director.
Elizabeth Berger— CJLF Research Associate.
CJLF Staff— A group name for posts by student interns and posts with more than one contributor.

Guest authors:

Steven Erickson— Private Practice in forensic psychology.
Bill Otis— Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown Law Center; Special White House Counsel for President George H. W. Bush; former Chief, Appellate Division, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Virginia.

Opinions expressed by post authors are their own and do not necessarily reflect positions of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation unless expressly stated in the post.

CJLF is not accepting advertising at this time for this blog or for our main website, www.cjlf.org. Due to the volume of emails we receive seeking publicity for other websites, such inquiries will generally not be answered.