Intersections + Injustice
Arizona May Enact 35-Year Mandatory Minimum for “Drug Trafficking Homicide” of Kids
A kid dying of an opioid-involved overdose is a tragedy. Thankfully, it is comparatively ...
CA Bill to Decriminalize “Loitering” Spotlights Cops-Turned-Politicians
A 2019 explainer from CalMatters on the difficulties of police reform in Sacramento explained ...
Prison for Selling Michael K. Williams Drugs Is Not Justice
Federal prosecutors in New York charged four men on February 2 in connection with ...
DEA Wants to Add Five Drugs to the Highly Criminalized Schedule I List
It’s dispiriting that in 2022, with decriminalization efforts taking off nationwide, adding more drugs ...
What’s Motivating the DA Charging a Minor With Drug-Induced Homicide?
After taking office in 2011, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeffrey Rosen helped lead ...
Winnipeg Offers Winter Fire Barrels, Not Homes, to Unhoused People
The city of Winnipeg, Manitoba is giving free steel fire barrels to unhoused residents ...
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Rapidly Backpedals on Radical Reforms
Alvin Bragg, a former state and federal prosecutor, won the competitive 2021 Manhattan district ...
Doubling Down on Fentanyl Myths, West Virginia Bill Would Punish “Exposing” Cops
On January 18, West Virginia legislators advanced a bill that would make “exposing” law ...
Baltimore and Boston’s Non-Prosecution Policies Now at Grave Risk
Two of the most significant figures in the so-called “progressive prosecutor” movement now seem ...
Rikers Strike Against Horrendous Conditions Draws Political Support
Elected officials are rallying outside of the Rikers Island Detention Complex on January 13 ...
