Reason Foundation Issues Commentary: Second-look Laws Allow Courts to Reconsider Long Prison Sentences
March 11, 2026
March 11, 2026
LOS ANGELES, California, March 11 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary by senior policy fellow Hanna Liebman Dershowitz:
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Second-look laws allow courts to reconsider long prison sentences
Second-look laws offer a needed way to bring our justice system into alignment with both values and practical constraints.
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Since the late 1970s, the United States has been locking up more and more people in prisons for l . . .
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Second-look laws allow courts to reconsider long prison sentences
Second-look laws offer a needed way to bring our justice system into alignment with both values and practical constraints.
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Since the late 1970s, the United States has been locking up more and more people in prisons for l . . .