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CBA 2021: Additional Resources

Gun Control



The Gun Debate (Factcheck.org)

Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence (Factsheets)

Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence: Large Capacity Magazines

Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence: Assault Weapons

Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence: Universal Background Checks

A Backgrounder on Background Checks (National Public Radio)

Frequently Asked Questions About Universal Background Checks (Center for American Progress)

7 Facts About Guns in the US (Pew Research Center)



U.S. Gun Policy: Global Comparisons (Council on Foreign Relations)

CNN Poll: Seven in 10 Favor Tighter Gun Laws in Wake of Parkland Shooting (CNN)

How to Buy a Gun in 16 Countries (New York Times)

Gun Control Explained (New York Times)

Voting Rights

Voting Rights: A Short History (Carnegie Corporation of New York)

Voting Rights Act: Major Dates in History (American Civil Liberties Union)

Automatic Voter Registration (Brennan Center for Justice)

Voter Identification Requirements/Voter ID Laws (National Conference of State Legislatures)

Voter Identification (MIT Election Data and Science Lab)

What We Know About Voter ID Laws (FiveThirtyEight)

Should Voting Be Mandatory? (Scholastic Classroom)



Compulsory Voting (International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance)

The Compulsory Voting Debate (FindLaw.com)



Block the Vote: Voter Suppression in 2020 (American Civil Liberties Union)

Felony Disenfranchisement: A Primer (The Sentencing Project)

State Criminal Re-enfranchisement Laws (ACLU, map)

Former Attorney General Eric Holder: Restore Felons' Voting Rights (Politico) (video)

Racism and Felony Disenfranchisement: An Intertwined History (Brennan Center for Justice)



Punishment for Crimes

"Children Are Different": Sentencing Juveniles as Adults (Pulitzer Center)

Charging Youths As Adults Can Be a "Cruel Wake-Up Call." Is There Another Way (National Public Radio)

Youth in the Justice System: An Overview (Juvenile Law Center)

Youth Tried As Adults (Juvenile Law Center)

Juvenile Life Without Parole: An Overview (The Sentencing Project)

The Causes of Wrongful Conviction (Innocence Project)

Compensating The Wrongly Convicted (Innocence Project)

Wrongful Conviction Day Resource Library (Factsheets) (Innocence Network)

The Challenge of Ensuring Just Compensation for Wrongfully Convicted Former Prisoners (Scholars Strategy Network)

What Do States Owe People Who Are Wrongfully Convicted? (Pew Charitable Trust)

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