In the good ol’ days before the pandemic, what may have felt like efficiency in the criminal legal system was really just the whirring machinery of the New Jim Crow. We should care about the efficiency of the criminal legal system. But we must define it appropriately. Does each hour and dollar we invest in it do all that it can to repair harm, help individuals thrive, and build strong communities?

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通过Zoom和In-Person，起诉在刑事上效率低下

在大流行发生之前的好日子里，在刑事法律制度中可能感觉到效率的提高实际上只是新吉姆·克劳的呼唤机制。我们应该关心刑事法律制度的效率。但是我们必须适当地定义它。我们在其中投入的每一小时和每一美元是否都能尽其所能来弥补损害，帮助个人蓬勃发展并建立强大的社区？