It has long been known that people of color get harsher criminal sentences in federal criminal court for the same…
On July 27, a Brooklyn, New York county court agreed to dismiss and seal over 3,500 marijuana cases. With full…
The County Attorney’s Office in Polk County (Des Moines), Iowa has gotten little attention from criminal justice reform advocates—at least…
President Joe Biden has announced his intention to appoint Suffolk County (Boston) District Attorney Rachael Rollins as the next US…
On July 14, Senators Cory Booker, Chuck Schumer and Ron Wyden announced a draft discussion of a new federal cannabis…
On June 23, 29-year-old Ray Breer walked through the gates of the Western Reception Diagnostic Correctional Center north of Kansas…
Saying the criminal-legal system is a system like saying a forest is a tree. There are over 2,000 local criminal…
In Nevada, sex workers living with HIV have been uniquely targeted by the state, facing harsher punishments than their seronegative…
Around 90 percent of criminal cases are handled by county court systems, where inflexibility on disproportionately harsh sentencing outcomes is…
Eric Adams—the Brooklyn borough president, former state senator and former NYPD captain—is now the Democratic candidate for New York City…