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Public Radio Tulsa
March 7, 2018
The group behind a 2016 state question letting Oklahomans reclassify drug possession as a misdemeanor said Wednesday criminal justice reforms coming this legislative session won't cut it. Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform Chairman Kris Steele said the sentencing and parole reforms promoted ...
Moneyish
March 7, 2018
“Whether you are a Republican or a Democrat, whether you are a liberal or a conservative, our core values as human beings require us to advance human dignity,” said David Safavian, deputy director of the ACU Foundation's Center for Criminal Justice Reform. “I don't believe … that prison should be some medieval place ...
CNBC
November 11, 2017
Two others are David Safavian and Pat Nolan, the deputy director and director of the Center for Criminal Justice Reform, which is a unit of the powerful conservative lobbying group, the American Conservative Union Foundation. Safavian, also caught up in the Abramoff scandal, was convicted of obstruction ...
Crime Report
November 3, 2017
Leading off the discussion was David Safavian of the American Conservative Union, who asserted that criminal justice reform is a “rare issue that unites the right and the left.” Noting that federal inmates have a 40 percent recidivism rate, Safavian observed tthat “only a federal program can have a 40 percent ...
Deseret News
October 21, 2017
In doing so, it will also encourage federal prosecutors to focus on those who pose actual risks to our families and our communities. David Safavian is an attorney and deputy director of the American Conservative Union Foundation's Center for Criminal Justice Reform. Kaitlin Owens is a staff member of the ...
Washington Examiner
October 10, 2017
David Safavian is deputy director of the American Conservative Union Foundation's Center for Criminal Justice Reform. Patrick Plein is a government affairs analyst with the American Conservative Union Foundation. If you would like to write an op-ed for the Washington Examiner, please read our ...
Washington Examiner
October 10, 2017
Collins' 90 percent lifetime rating by the American Conservative Union shows that he is a strong conservative in Congress. His introduction of the Prison Reform and Redemption Act makes clear that he intends to get results. And that is something everyone can support. David Safavian is deputy director of ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
July 21, 2017
The mother of Tashii Brown, who died in Las Vegas police custody in May, spoke in public about her son's case for the first time this week. Trinita Farmer spoke at a Thursday night screening of the documentary film, "What Happened in Vegas," during the FreedomFest conference at the Paris Las Vegas.
Reveal
July 17, 2017
Former GSA chief of staff David Safavian was appointed in 2002, supposedly to help clean up after a revolving-door scandal involving the agency. Instead, Safavian was sentenced to a year in prison after he was went on a Scottish golf junket with Jack Abramoff, who was seeking to develop the building ...
FederalNewsRadio.com
April 4, 2017
The GSA chief of staff role has not been an easy one over the years, starting back in the President George W. Bush administration, when David Safavian got into trouble over the Jack Abramoff scandal. Under the President Barack Obama administration, Michael Robertson was thrust into the middle of the ...
Daily Signal
March 22, 2017
This Law Puts Homeowners at Risk of Property Rights Violations. Pat Nolan / @PatNolan4Justic / David Safavian / March 22, 2017 /. Twitter · Facebook · Google+ · LinkedIn · Email; Comments; Print. Civil forfeiture laws give more leeway to law enforcement in seizing assets they believe may have been used in a crime.
Daily Signal
March 22, 2017
This Law Puts Homeowners at Risk of Property Rights Violations. Pat Nolan / @PatNolan4Justic / David Safavian / March 22, 2017 /. Twitter · Facebook · Google+ · LinkedIn · Email; Comments; Print. Civil forfeiture laws give more leeway to law enforcement in seizing assets they believe may have been used in a crime.
RI Future
January 18, 2017
Last session, the justice reinvestment legislation didn't have bicameral support at the State House; the full Senate resoundingly passed the bills while the House of Representatives didn't vote on the bills. While it's still unclear what the House will do this session, the six bills that were born out of a task force ...
