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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 2013
Page
6
Johnson County voters will decide on May 7 to approve a smaller bond for a downsized Justice Center. The revised plan reduces jail capacity and courtrooms, adds aesthetic changes, and increases county funding.
Shams Ghoneim urges voters to address minority overrepresentation in U S prisons and to scrutinize the proposed Johnson County Justice Center. He cites space, safety, ADA, and cost concerns, and advocates tours before voting. He warns against linking the project to racial disparities and calls for broader criminal justice reform.
Voters in Johnson County rejected the Justice Center plan to fund a downtown jail and courthouse complex costing 48.1 million with 243 beds. The column notes a united establishment push and a 44 percent no vote despite a broad marketing effort led by local attorneys and officials.
LENORE SKENAZY argues a 25 year mandatory sex offender registry sentence for a fourth degree criminal sexual conduct case is excessive for a single momentary inappropriate act. She says registry laws need reform to distinguish between harm to a child and a minor insult by a non predator.
Public figure Steve Alford apologized for defending Pierre Pierce during a 2002 University of Iowa sexual assault case. The admission reflects changing campus culture and the demand that dismissive responses to assault be confronted, even if the apology comes years later.
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