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‘The Downtown Posse’: The Christmas killing spree

In December 1992, the small town of Dayton in Ohio, US, was preparing for Christmas like any other year.  The bloodthirsty gang, called the Downtown Posse, were led by 19-year-old Marvallous Keene. Also in the gang were Keene's girlfriend Laura Taylor, who was just 16 at the time. The pair were accompanied by DeMarcus Maurice Smith, then 19, and his girlfriend at the time, 20-year-old Heather Nicole Matthews.

On 24 December, Laura Taylor and Heather Nicole Matthews caught the eye of 34-year-old Joseph Wilkerson. Charming him into believing they'd have sex with him, the girls lured the General Motors worker back to his home. But when they arrived, the gang shot and killed him in cold blood.

For the next three days, the entire gang partied in Joseph's house while his lifeless body lay inside - but they weren't finished with their sick game yet. On the same day, the gang sought out their second victim, seemingly at random.

Eighteen-year-old Danita Gullette, who had a two-year-old daughter waiting for her at home, was confronted by the gang at a phone booth in town that evening. Threatening to shoot her, they demanded she hand over her belongings. Although she did as they asked, the heartless gang shot her anyway. Danita was taken to hospital but pronounced dead when she arrived.

The man believed to be the third victim of the Downtown Posse was not random like the first two killings. Richard Maddox, 19, was found dead in his car on Christmas Day 1992, after he had been shot in the head. Maddox was the ex-boyfriend of Laura Taylor, who was now dating gang leader Marvallous Keene. When cops spoke to Maddox's family, they discovered the connection between him and Taylor - and they also learned that Taylor's family thought she'd disappeared and had no idea where their daughter was.

On the same day Maddox's body was discovered, the bloodthirsty gang targeted yet another victim - Jeffrey Wright. Wright was found with four gunshot wounds after being attacked outside a house. Miraculously, he survived. While cops were speaking to Richard Maddox's family to tell them of their son's death, the Downtown Posse's killing spree continued.

On Boxing Day, the gang went into the family-run Short Stop Mini Mart and shot 38-year-old mum Sarah Abraham, who later died of her injuries. Customer Jones Pettus also suffered gunshot wounds, but survived. Another staff member who was working at the time escaped injury by pretending to be dead.

At first, police didn't realise the murders were linked and had no idea who they were looking for. But after a carjacking by the posse in which their victim managed to escape, cops finally had a vehicle to look for. Later, a detective stopped the posse, with no idea they'd carried out the murders, driving the stolen car. Nearby was the car they'd abandoned, which had had the number plate swapped. Cops traced the number plate back to the house of Joseph Wilkerson, the posse's first victim. When they entered the house, they were hit with a foul smell and found Wilkerson's body tied to the bed with gunshot wounds. The grim discovery, along with an anonymous tip off, finally led to the arrests of the Downtown Posse.

Gang leader Marvallous Keene was given the death penalty for directing the Christmas killing spree, while his accomplices all received life sentences.

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The Dayton Christmas Killings

December 12, 2022

In December 1992, a small town named Dayton, Ohio experienced a massacre that to this day haunts the town. A gang known as the Downtown Posse was led by a 19 year old man named Marvallous Keene. Marvallous’ girlfriend, Laura Taylor who was 16 at the time was also part of the gang. 

Also in the gang was 19 year old DeMarcus Maurice Smith and his girlfriend, 20 year old Heather Nicole Matthews who had just been released from prison shortly before. It is believed that all four gang members had been estranged from their families when they started the gang. 

On December 24, 1992, Laura and Heather noticed 34 year old Joseph Wilkerson. The pair lured Joseph into believing they would have sex with him and went back to his house hoping to rob him.

When they arrived at Joseph’s house, the Downtown Posse found a .32 Derringer and Marvallous shot and killed him and then the others looked around for valuables. It was said after he was shot, Laura had also shot him in the head. 

For the next three days the gang stayed in Joseph’s house and partied while his body was left inside. The gang soon found their next victim, on the same day, December 24, 18 year old Danita Gullette who was the mother of a two year old daughter. Danita was confronted by the Downtown Posse at a phone booth. 

The gang demanded Danita to hand over her belongings, threatening to shoot her if she didn’t comply. Danita did what they asked of her, but they shot her anyway. According to Danita’s sister, Rhonda Gullette, Danita had said, “Don’t shoot me” to the gang before they shot her. It is believed that Danita was killed for her Fila tennis shoes. She had been shot 5 times. The gang had taken her coat, her backpack and 50 cents from her as well. 

Richard Maddox, who was 19 years old is believed to be the gang’s third victim. He was found dead in his car on Christmas Day, having been shot in the head. Richard Maddox did not appear to be a random victim, however, as he was the ex-boyfriend of gang member Laura Taylor. Laura had lured Richard from his parent’s house and the two got in his car, with the other three gang members trailing behind. After driving for a bit it was believed that Richard got suspicious of the car following behind them. It was then Laura shot him in the head and then jumped out of the car before it could crash. 

Authorities talked to Richard’s family, who discovered the connection between him and Laura Taylor. Richard’s family also told authorities that Laura’s family that she had disappeared and had no idea her whereabouts. 

On Christmas Day 1992 another victim was found, a man named Jeffrey Wright who had been Heather’s ex-boyfriend. Wright had been found with four gunshot wounds after being attached outside a house, however he survived. 

On December 26, 1992, the gang went inside Short Stop Mini Mart, a family owned store and shot 38 year old Sarah Abraham who died later from her injuries and Jonas Pettus, a customer, though he did survive. Another staff member had also been shot but survived by pretending to be dead. The gang only left the store with $44. 

At this point authorities still did not connect the murders together. It was not until the bullets were examined that the police realized the same weapon had been used in all of the shootings. 

The Downtown Posse decided to carjack a victim’s car, however their victim managed to escape alive and it was then the police had a car to look for. A police officer stopped the posse for driving a stolen car, having no idea they had been the ones responsible for the Dayton murders. 

Police found the car abandoned nearby with a swapped license plate on it. They then were able to trace the number plate back to Joseph Wilkerson, the first victim’s house. When police entered the house they found Joseph’s body tied to the bed with gunshot wounds. 

The Downtown Posse were finally arrested and 16 year old Laura Taylor admitted to more murders. Laura confessed that 16 year old Wendy Cottrill and 17 year old Marvin Washington were also victims, who had been found in a gravel pit. The two were killed by the posse because they thought they’d snitch to police. 

Marvallous Keene, the gang leader was given the death penalty for directing the killings, while the other three members received life sentences. Detectives believe that all gang members were willing participants and no one was forced to kill anyone.

On July 21, 2009, Marvallous Keene was executed by lethal injection at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville. He had no last words. 

It has been almost 30 years since the Dayton Ohio Christmas killings and they still haunt the town and the families of the victims. There was no real motive for the killings which is truly the most haunting part of all. 

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Every season, once the dust settles after cutdowns, I like to survey which teams kept undrafted free agents on their 53-man rosters. ARIZONA

WR Xavier Weaver (Colorado)

ATLANTA

None

BALTIMORE

S Beau Brade (Maryland)

BUFFALO

LB Joe Andreessen (Buffalo)

CB Brandon Codrington (NC Central)

CAROLINA

C Andrew Raym (Oklahoma)

LB Jamie Sheriff (South Alabama)

CB Shemar Bartholomew (Georgia Southern)

CHICAGO

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CINCINNATI

LB Maema Njongmeta (Wisconsin)

P Ryan Rehkow (BYU)

CLEVELAND

G Javion Cohen (Miami)

DALLAS

TE Brevyn Spann-Ford (Minnesota)

DENVER

RB Blake Watson (Memphis)

OT Frank Crum (Wyoming)

DETROIT

S Loren Strickland (Ball State)

GREEN BAY

K Braydon Narveson (NC State)

HOUSTON

None

INDIANAPOLIS

G Dalton Tucker (Marshall)

JACKSONVILLE

None

KANSAS CITY

RB Carson Steele (UCLA)

OT Ethan Driskell (Marshall)

LAS VEGAS

WR Ramel Keyton (Tennessee)

LB Amari Gainer (North Carolina)

S Thomas Harper (Notre Dame)

LA CHARGERS

None

LA RAMS

RB Cody Schrader (Missouri)

LB Omar Speights (LSU)

S Jaylen McCollough (Tennessee)

CB Josh Wallace (Michigan)

CB Charles Woods (SMU)

MIAMI

C Andrew Meyer (UTEP)

CB Storm Duck (Louisville)

MINNESOTA

DT Taki Taimani (Oregon)

CB Dwight McGlothern (Arkansas)

NEW ENGLAND

LB Curtis Jacobs (Penn State)

S Dell Pettus (Troy)

NEW ORLEANS

WR Mason Tipton (Yale)

TE Dallin Holker (Colorado State)

CB Rico Payton (Pittsburg State)

P Matthew Hayball (Vanderbilt)

NY GIANTS

G Jake Kubas (North Dakota State)

DT Elijah Chatman (SMU)

NY JETS

TE Brenden Bates (Kentucky)

DE Eric Watts (UConn)

DE Braiden McGregor (Michigan)

PHILADELPHIA

None

PITTSBURGH

None

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None

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C Jalen Sundell (North Dakota State)

CB/PR Dee Williams (Tennessee)

TAMPA BAY

WR Kameron Johnson (Barton College)

CB Tyrek Funderburk (Appalachian State)

TENNESSEE

S Julius Wood (East Carolina)

WASHINGTON

TE Colson Yankoff (UCLA)

S Tyler Owens (Texas Tech)

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A Minnesota father Darren Lee Osborne says his son Antoine Suggs is evil...

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12/21/2021 - The Dayton Christmas Killings

 The Scariest Monsters of All

The horror began on December 24, 1992. Sixteen year old Laura Taylor, nineteen year old Marvallous Keene, and twenty year old Heather Nicole Matthews (who had only been released from prison a few months prior), called thirty four year old Joseph Wilkerson and offered him an orgy in exchange for money. 

Wilkerson invited the three over to his place. Once there, the three tied Wilkerson to the headboard with electrical cords. They proceeded to ransack the house looking for valuables. They apparently found a .32 caliber Derringer. Keene used the gun to shoot and kill Wilkerson. It was said that Taylor then shot Wilkerson in the head with a .25 caliber gun. 

Then, the trio stole the man's car and picked up Heather Matthew's seventeen year old boyfriend, DeMarcus Maurice Smith, and went out to Neal Avenue to hunt for more victims. They stalked a Salem Avenue ATM looking for their first victim, their plan being to rob the person then kill them. Apparently no one showed up to the ATM and the trio moved on.

They found Danita Gullette, an 18 year old Senior at Patterson Cooperative High School and mother of a 2 year old, talking on a payphone. Keene rolled up next to her, pointed the gun at her, and stated "Merry Christmas, bitch" and shot her five times. Her last words were "Please don't shoot me". They stole her coat, shoes, and her backpack which contained a grand total of $0.50. 

Danita Gullette

The grouped (dubbed the "Downtown Posse") attempted to kill Matthews ex-boyfriend. Jeffrey Wright was shot four times in the legs by Smith, Matthews' new boyfriend. Wright survived and escaped to a neighbor's house. 

The posse then returned to Wilkerson's residence and "partied". They ate his food, used his house, etc, as their "home base". 

Christmas day Laura Taylor called her ex-boyfriend and convinced him to to head out in his car. Richmond Maddox quickly realized Keene was tailing them and gunned it. But Taylor pulled out the Derringer they stole from their first victim, shot Maddox in the temple, and jumped out of the moving vehicle. Maddox's car crashed on Benton Ave. 

The next day, December 26th, Taylor walked into Short Stop mini-mart on W. 5th St. Sarah Abraham (38 and a mother) was working behind the counter and Taylor attempted to buy a soft drink but was "short" and a customer named Jimmy Thompson offered her a nickel for the remaining balance, telling police later that he had thought she looked "innocent" and he wanted to help. Keen and Smith then walked in and demanded all the cash in the register ($44). Keene shot Abraham in the face and head, then turned and shot another store customer, Jones Pettus, in the stomach and hand. Thompson escaped any kind of injury by feigning being shot. Abraham suffered for 5 days in the hospital before she passed away. 

By this point, the group was starting to get paranoid. They were switching out license plates to avoid getting caught and realized that two acquaintances of theirs had witnessed the shooting of Matthews' ex, Wright, and may report them to police. So the four set out, picked Wendy Cottrill and Marvin Washington (16 and 19 years old respectively), bought them beer and wine, and drove into a gravel yard on Richley Drive.

Keene

Keene and Smith marked the two out to a dirt pile and shot them execution style. 

All in all, these four monsters killed 6 people, wounded two, and traumatized countless others all for 3 days in a house that wasn't theirs, food in that fridge, a car they didn't even get to keep, $44.50, and maybe an old TV. 

The Dayton police didn't even connect the cases at first because they were so random. The first and really only clue they were able to find was the bullet casings. Then a detective noticed a stollen Dodge Shadow (belonging to a woman who had ran when the group stole her vehicle at gun point), and ran a plate check. The plates didn't come back to the Dodge, and that is when the the police closed in on the group.

According to some reports, Taylor had told Keene to shoot the arresting officer, but Keene refused. All four were taken into custody the night of December 26, 1992. The four of them were arrested without incident. 

Once behind bars, Taylor confessed to a local minister about the final two victims, whom the police still hadn't known about. 

Keene confessed to everything and was sentenced to death by lethal injection. He was the 1,000th prisoner in Ohio to be executed since 1976. His life was ended on July 21st, 2009. The other three were sentenced to life in prison. All three remain there to this day.

Matthews, Taylor, and Smith

The reason they gave for this murder spree? They wanted some "drama" and "fun" in their lives. Four people who had literally nothing else to do on Christmas murdered six people and injured two others "for the fun of it". 

That's what a true monster looks like. Fuck them. I wish them nothing but discomfort for the rest of their lives. I hope their socks are always sliding down their shoes and the seam is always right on their pinky toe in the most uncomfortable way. I hope their coffee is always the bottom of the pot and full of fine grounds and room temperature. I hope they step on legos in prison. I hope their cell mates snore so loud they can't sleep. I hope their toilet always smells like diarrhea no matter how many times it's cleaned. I hope they only ever get mushy grapes. I could go on, but Ryan is looking at me like I need therapy.

The Christmas Killings: 40 Hours to Justice by Stephen C. Grismer, Judith M. Monseur, and Dennis A. Murphy

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Four young adults from Minnesota were found dead in an abandoned SUV in a Wisconsin cornfield, polic

Four young adults from Minnesota were found dead in an abandoned SUV in a Wisconsin cornfield, police said, in a quadruple homicide case that has more questions than answers now and has left families shattered. The victims, friends all from the Twin Cities area, were probably driven to the small town of Sheridan, Wis., where they were found on Sunday, Dunn County Sheriff Kevin Bygd said at a Tuesday news conference. Autopsies performed Monday found that all died of gunshot wounds, police said. “Obviously we’ve had homicides in the last several years,” Bygd told reporters, “but something of this magnitude … this is a first.” The victims were identified as Nitosha Lee Flug-Presley, 30, of Stillwater, Minn.; Matthew Isiah Pettus, 26, of St. Paul; Loyace Foreman III, 35, of St. Paul; and Jasmine Christine Sturm, 30, of St. Paul. Pettus and Sturm were half-siblings. Foreman and Sturm were in a relationship, while Flug-Presley was a close friend of Sturm. Days later, police are still grappling with a case in which few details are known. Read more through the link in our bio.

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Jasmine Christine Sturm Death - Obituary, Jasmine Christine Sturm Has Died

Jasmine Christine Sturm Death - Obituary, Funeral, Cause Of Death Dunn County Sheriff Kevin Bygd said the people found dead are Nitosha Lee Flug-Presley, 30; Matthew Isiah Pettus, 26; Loyace Foreman III, 35; and Jasmine Christine Sturm, 30.....click link to learn more

Jasmine Christine Sturm Death – Obituary, Funeral, Cause Of Death Dunn County Sheriff Kevin Bygd said the people found dead are Nitosha Lee Flug-Presley, 30; Matthew Isiah Pettus, 26; Loyace Foreman III, 35; and Jasmine Christine Sturm, 30. Through a social media announcement, DeadDeath learned on September 15, 2021, about the death of Jasmine Christine Sturm who has died. In the mourning…

[realtalk-princeton]

@ocean, how are you liking the slavic department? are there opportunities for students interested in doing interdisciplinary stuff with religion?

Response from Ocean:

Ooh, good question.  Disclaimer: I haven’t done any independent work in the Slavic Department yet, I’m only a sophomore, but I’ve been led to believe that there’s lots of opportunity for interdisciplinary studies.  I know of a few past senior theses that have been quite creative so I don’t see an obstacle for something such as religion.  

The only faculty member I know of with an interest in religious studies is Mark Pettus; he wrote his dissertation on Dostoevsky’s place in Russian religious philosophy, among other things.  He also teaches a class on Church Slavonic, although I believe the course is more linguistic than religious, but there are certainly overlaps.  One of the graduate students, Laura Matthews, also studies Dostoevsky and I’ve spoken with her about religious themes in his work a few times.  

If you’re interested in being a Slavic concentrator you will have to take Russian, so if you’re not already enrolled in a Russian course you should do that as soon as possible.  Russian 101 is not particularly fun, in that most language 101 classes are fast-paced and can be difficult, but it’s still exciting and Professor Pettus teaches it well in my opinion.  You’ll also have to take both Russian literature survey courses (SLA219 and SLA220), which in my mind are much better introductions to the department, and very beginner-friendly.  If you’re still making up your mind, I’d encourage you to take one of these courses (you can take them in either order).  The texts certainly have religious themes, and it’s something you can discuss in precept and/or during office hours.  Or, if that’s not your style, there’s always new and eclectic classes being offered each semester, and you can browse the Registrar’s website to see what looks fun.  I liked Horror in Film and Literature (SLA369) taught by Lev Nikulin.  Just check to make sure the texts will be in English!  

The Slavic Department has been very welcoming and helpful to me, and I’ve had good experiences with every professor I’ve met so far.  I think you should be able to email any professor in the department and set up a time to speak with them so you can decide if the department is right for you.  

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The Noxious Weed of Racism

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

So, most of us woke up yesterday morning to the news that we lost two leaders of the Civil Rights movement on the same day, Friday--the Rev. C.T. Vivian, and Congressman John Lewis. Both worked tirelessly for racial justice from the time they were young men until they died, two days ago.

John Lewis is well known for saying “Get in trouble--good trouble.” As a young man his parents told him, as black parents tell their sons, lay low and please stay out of trouble. As we well know, he did not stay out of trouble, and our country is incalculably better for that.

It’s impossible to pull out one saying or one moment from these men’s lives, but with the Rev. Vivian I think of that moment (caught by a cameraman) in front of the Dallas County courthouse in Selma when he was defending the voting rights of a long line of African Americans there with him, and kept defending them even after segregationist Sheriff Jim Clark knocked him to the ground. 

There are times as a priest when Saturday’s news makes the sermon you’d been working on that week all in a moment irrelevant. Our minds are on this, on these men. On what they accomplished and on what we still need to accomplish in our country. They are, to use the metaphor in today’s parable, stalks of wheat in this messy field that is the United States; tall, fruitful, surrounded all their lives by many weeds that tried to choke them and pull them down, but they stood firm and bore fruit. The least I can do is put aside my old sermon and honor them this morning. 

In fact, it’s interesting this parable falls today. We do have all these wonderful agricultural parables in the summer months. Most summers, they come just as we’re at our most relaxed, and as we’re engaging with the natural world. They lend some whimsy to these summer Sundays--most years. But everything is a little different now. More is required of us this summer than last, and maybe (hopefully) next. More patience. More passion. More engagement socially. It’s not the summer I’d hoped to have, but it will probably end up being one of the most important summers of our lives together.

The parable of the wheat and weeds lends itself to dividing people into categories: wheat represents the good, weeds, the bad. That’s how it’s been used in the church from the moment Matthew first wrote it down and for many centuries after. There are genuine Christians, and then there are those who don’t really belong. It’s just the way it is, and it’s not our job to pluck up the bad ones because once you start doing that, you’ll probably ruin the whole crop. Darnel, the weed Jesus refers to in this parable, looks identical to wheat until very late in the season, when the wheat flowers and the darnel does not. It’s only then that you can tell them apart. So to try to get rid of the darnel plant would likely mean pulling a lot of the wheat with it. Start sorting, dividing, and eliminating certain groups of people and you’ll destroy the whole community.

And yet. When I think of the opponents of these two men, it’s hard not to think you’ve found a weed. Those people who cleared the bus station that day when the Freedom Riders pulled into Alabama, the mob of men, women and (unbelievably) children. This group attacked the peaceful protesters, mostly African Americans, cracking their skulls, scratching their faces, calling them names. Or those who faced off against the marchers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, wielding their fire hoses, barbed wire, cattle prods and billy clubs--not vigilantes, this time, but actual law enforcement. Weeds.

We try not to judge or sort in the church--Jesus tells us not to--and we must remember no one is all bad or all good. But still. When evil is so stark and uncomplicated, your mind can’t help but go there.

At very least, we can say with certainty that bigotry and racism are weeds, weeds we can’t afford to let grow. These aren’t subtle weeds like darnel that masquerade as wheat then quietly get sorted at the harvest, no real harm done. These are ugly, and obvious, and we all know them when we see them. They wrap their tendrils around the good plants, they leach the soil of its nutrients. If you don’t take them out, the whole crop fails. Not people, but the things people say. Believe. Do. The structures people collectively support, without fully realizing. The weed of racism has done horrible damage, and will destroy this country if we don’t do something about it. 

Peace is not easy. It’s the result of hard, determined work--and struggle. From our hymnal: “The peace of God it is no peace, but strife closed in the sod. But brothers pray for just one thing: the marvelous peace of God.” 

Rest in peace, John Lewis and the Rev. C.T. Vivian. Amen.

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"Guideposts for the Era of Smart Decarceration"

The title of this post is the title of this notable document produced by the Smart Decarceration Initiative and authored by Carrie Pettus-Davis, Matthew Epperson and Annie Grier. (The document was released earlier this year, but was just recently brought to my attention.)  Here is part of its executive summary:

Reducing the United States’ overreliance on incarceration requires deliberate action. Proponents of smart decarceration recognize the need for clearly articulated areas of targeted intervention — or guideposts — to inform the multifaceted nature of criminal justice reform.  An important first step as we enter the era of decarceration is to merge the collective goals and strategies of diverse and highly invested stakeholders.

Despite the expansion of efforts to reduce jail and prison populations and reform criminal justice policy and practice, a comprehensive, inclusive, and actionable approach has been relatively absent from the conversation.  Such an approach is only possible if criminal justice stakeholders agree upon the foundational objectives that can generate lasting decarceration. In this report, we offer guideposts and actionable strategies for the era of smart decarceration in America.

This document was written by leaders of the Smart Decarceration Initiative (SDI). SDI is a joint initiative of Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Chicago and is located at the Center for Social Development at Washington University’s Brown School of Social Work. SDI’s mission is to build social capacity to reduce incarceration rates in ways that are effective, sustainable, and socially just.  Smart decarceration will only be achieved when three simultaneous goals are accomplished:

• Substantially reduce the incarcerated population in jails and prisons;

• Redress race, economic, and behavioral health disparities of those involved in the criminal justice system;

• Maximize public well-being and public safety.

SDI is grounded in four guiding concepts:

1. Changing the narrative on incarceration and the incarcerated. A smart decarceration approach must soberly question the utility and function of incarceration and actively welcome currently and formerly incarcerated individuals as leaders in decarceration efforts.

2. Making criminal justice systemwide innovations. Criminal justice transformation that leads to smart decarceration will require advances in all sectors of the criminal justice system, including law enforcement, court systems, jails and prisons, and probation and parole.

3. Implementing transdisciplinary policy and practice interventions. Smart decarceration will be complex and comprehensive and will require integrating perspectives from multiple disciplines to produce substantive policy reforms and practice innovations.

4. Employing evidence-driven strategies. A smart decarceration approach must both generate new evidence for optimal reforms and use existing evidence to guide decision-making and program development. Methods must be integrated to continuously examine and assess the effects of policy and practice interventions, thus developing further evidence from which to act.

This report, Guideposts for the Era of Smart Decarceration, is a result of our efforts to build consensus and articulate priorities that stakeholders have identified as feasible and likely to produce meaningful impact in the era of decarceration. Integral to ensuring that smart decarceration is achieved is that the ideas and needs of multiple stakeholders are represented.

This report contains a set of guideposts and action steps for stakeholders identified over a three-stage process of soliciting input from 307 advocates, practitioners, reformers, and researchers. Stakeholders were engaged in this process between September 2014 and September 2016. The purpose of Phase 1 was to show where to focus decarceration efforts. Phase 2 was used to reveal the prioritization of specific action steps that could be taken to promote decarceration in ways that are consistent with smart decarceration goals and guiding concepts. Phase 3 articulated universal policy strategies to facilitate decarcerative change....

Twelve priority areas for decarceration were generated during Phase 1. These priorities included: (1) sharing data and resource allocation; (2) incorporating assessments of risks and needs; (3) implementing evidence-driven innovations; (4) reorienting responses to severity of the crime; (5) resetting norms and narratives; (6) incorporating multiple and new perspectives; (7) responding to behavioral and physical health needs; (8) improving reentry; (9) reducing collateral consequences; (10) building diversionary systems; (11) curtailing sentencing; and (12) narrowing the funnel to incarceration....

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"Guideposts for the Era of Smart Decarceration"

The title of this post is the title of this notable document produced by the Smart Decarceration Initiative and authored by Carrie Pettus-Davis, Matthew Epperson and Annie Grier. (The document was released earlier this year, but was just recently brought to my attention.)  Here is part of its executive summary:

Reducing the United States’ overreliance on incarceration requires deliberate action. Proponents of smart decarceration recognize the need for clearly articulated areas of targeted intervention — or guideposts — to inform the multifaceted nature of criminal justice reform.  An important first step as we enter the era of decarceration is to merge the collective goals and strategies of diverse and highly invested stakeholders.

Despite the expansion of efforts to reduce jail and prison populations and reform criminal justice policy and practice, a comprehensive, inclusive, and actionable approach has been relatively absent from the conversation.  Such an approach is only possible if criminal justice stakeholders agree upon the foundational objectives that can generate lasting decarceration. In this report, we offer guideposts and actionable strategies for the era of smart decarceration in America.

This document was written by leaders of the Smart Decarceration Initiative (SDI). SDI is a joint initiative of Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Chicago and is located at the Center for Social Development at Washington University’s Brown School of Social Work. SDI’s mission is to build social capacity to reduce incarceration rates in ways that are effective, sustainable, and socially just.  Smart decarceration will only be achieved when three simultaneous goals are accomplished:

• Substantially reduce the incarcerated population in jails and prisons;

• Redress race, economic, and behavioral health disparities of those involved in the criminal justice system;

• Maximize public well-being and public safety.

SDI is grounded in four guiding concepts:

1. Changing the narrative on incarceration and the incarcerated. A smart decarceration approach must soberly question the utility and function of incarceration and actively welcome currently and formerly incarcerated individuals as leaders in decarceration efforts.

2. Making criminal justice systemwide innovations. Criminal justice transformation that leads to smart decarceration will require advances in all sectors of the criminal justice system, including law enforcement, court systems, jails and prisons, and probation and parole.

3. Implementing transdisciplinary policy and practice interventions. Smart decarceration will be complex and comprehensive and will require integrating perspectives from multiple disciplines to produce substantive policy reforms and practice innovations.

4. Employing evidence-driven strategies. A smart decarceration approach must both generate new evidence for optimal reforms and use existing evidence to guide decision-making and program development. Methods must be integrated to continuously examine and assess the effects of policy and practice interventions, thus developing further evidence from which to act.

This report, Guideposts for the Era of Smart Decarceration, is a result of our efforts to build consensus and articulate priorities that stakeholders have identified as feasible and likely to produce meaningful impact in the era of decarceration. Integral to ensuring that smart decarceration is achieved is that the ideas and needs of multiple stakeholders are represented.

This report contains a set of guideposts and action steps for stakeholders identified over a three-stage process of soliciting input from 307 advocates, practitioners, reformers, and researchers. Stakeholders were engaged in this process between September 2014 and September 2016. The purpose of Phase 1 was to show where to focus decarceration efforts. Phase 2 was used to reveal the prioritization of specific action steps that could be taken to promote decarceration in ways that are consistent with smart decarceration goals and guiding concepts. Phase 3 articulated universal policy strategies to facilitate decarcerative change....

Twelve priority areas for decarceration were generated during Phase 1. These priorities included: (1) sharing data and resource allocation; (2) incorporating assessments of risks and needs; (3) implementing evidence-driven innovations; (4) reorienting responses to severity of the crime; (5) resetting norms and narratives; (6) incorporating multiple and new perspectives; (7) responding to behavioral and physical health needs; (8) improving reentry; (9) reducing collateral consequences; (10) building diversionary systems; (11) curtailing sentencing; and (12) narrowing the funnel to incarceration....

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Loyace Foreman III Death - Obituary, Loyace Foreman III Has Died

Loyace Foreman III Death - Obituary, Funeral, Cause Of Death Dunn County Sheriff Kevin Bygd said the people found dead are Nitosha Lee Flug-Presley, 30; Matthew Isiah Pettus, 26; Loyace Foreman III, 35; and Jasmine Christine Sturm, 30.....click link to learn more

Loyace Foreman III Death – Obituary, Funeral, Cause Of Death Dunn County Sheriff Kevin Bygd said the people found dead are Nitosha Lee Flug-Presley, 30; Matthew Isiah Pettus, 26; Loyace Foreman III, 35; and Jasmine Christine Sturm, 30. Through a social media announcement, DeadDeath learned on September 15, 2021, about the death of Loyace Foreman III who has died. In the mourning spirit of this…

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Matthew Isiah Pettus Death - Obituary, Matthew Isiah Pettus Has Died

Matthew Isiah Pettus Death - Obituary, Funeral, Cause Of Death Dunn County Sheriff Kevin Bygd said the people found dead are Nitosha Lee Flug-Presley, 30; Matthew Isiah Pettus, 26; Loyace Foreman III, 35; and Jasmine Christine Sturm, 30.....click link to learn more

Matthew Isiah Pettus Death – Obituary, Funeral, Cause Of Death Dunn County Sheriff Kevin Bygd said the people found dead are Nitosha Lee Flug-Presley, 30; Matthew Isiah Pettus, 26; Loyace Foreman III, 35; and Jasmine Christine Sturm, 30. Through a social media announcement, DeadDeath learned on September 15, 2021, about the death of Matthew Isiah Pettus who has died. In the mourning spirit of…

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Nitosha Lee Flug-Presley Death - Obituary, Nitosha Lee Flug-Presley Has Died

Nitosha Lee Flug-Presley Death - Obituary, Funeral, Cause Of Death Dunn County Sheriff Kevin Bygd said the people found dead are Nitosha Lee Flug-Presley, 30; Matthew Isiah Pettus, 26; Loyace Foreman III, 35; and Jasmine Christine Sturm, 30.....click link to learn more

Nitosha Lee Flug-Presley Death – Obituary, Funeral, Cause Of Death Dunn County Sheriff Kevin Bygd said the people found dead are Nitosha Lee Flug-Presley, 30; Matthew Isiah Pettus, 26; Loyace Foreman III, 35; and Jasmine Christine Sturm, 30. Through a social media announcement, DeadDeath learned on September 15, 2021, about the death of Nitosha Lee Flug-Presley who has died. In the mourning…

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Matthew Isiah Pettus Death - Obituary : Matthew Isiah Pettus Has Died

Matthew Isiah Pettus Death - Obituary, Funeral, Cause Of Death PRESS RELEASE DATE OF RELEASE: 09-14-2021 INCIDENT #: D21-01314........Read more

Matthew Isiah Pettus Death – Obituary, Funeral, Cause Of Death PRESS RELEASE DATE OF RELEASE: 09-14-2021 INCIDENT #: D21-01314 SUBJECT: Homicide investigation AUTHORIZED BY: Sheriff Kevin Bygd FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ———————————————————————– As an update to the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office’s homicide investigation, Sheriff Kevin Bygd has released the names of the four victims found in the abandoned…