Example Sentences
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But deemphasizing criminalization would be a good starting point.
From Slate • Apr. 21, 2025
The Pregnancy Justice report showed that low-income women were particularly targeted by pregnancy criminalization as well.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2025
Pregnancy Justice underscores how criminalization tends to sweep more and more broadly.
From Slate • Oct. 2, 2024
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who led the court’s liberal flank in attacking the criminalization of homeless people, struck a similar note.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2024
The bill also would shift the state’s response to mental health crisis away from criminalization and punishment, Waldron said.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2024
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