Liz Komar

Mar 22, 2024 | law360.com | Liz Komar

As Congress contemplates how best to respond to the opioid overdose crisis, history shows that mandatory minimum sentences are not the answer. The path to safe and healthy communities can't be paved by repeating the mistakes of the past. Overdose deaths reaching an all-time high in 2022[1] despite decades of criminalization proves that the war on drugs has failed. Americans need public health solutions, not more prison time.

Jun 2, 2023 | thedailybeast.com | Nazgol Ghandnoosh |Liz Komar

Last week, GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis took aim at the First Step Act signed into law by former President Donald Trump. DeSantis's position is perplexing given that the First Step Act has been a true bipartisan success story. As its name suggests, the law should serve as the first step to pursuing further reforms. DeSantis, however, called it a "huge, huge mistake" to shorten lengthy prison terms. He also spouted complete falsehoods about what the Act accomplished.