In the United States, anyone convicted of a sex offense is punished with two criminal sentences. The first is the…
The book Addicted and Convicted: Letters from a Lost Daughter, published in August, tells the story of how Elizabeth Elliot…
New Jersey’s last immigrant detention center, in the city of Elizabeth, will remain open after a judge’s decision. First activists,…
State Attorney Monique Worrell of Orlando, Florida, has not been radical, or even close. Elected in 2020 after her predecessor,…
The intent of Mississippi's lifetime voting ban for people convicted of certain crimes, written into the state constitution as Section…
Oakland District Attorney Pamela Price is currently facing a recall effort, as the latest reformist top prosecutor to have a…
The Justice Department (DOJ) is extending a public comment period concerning its marijuana pardon certification process, established under a directive…
California officials have announced that they're finally making substantial progress on clearing old marijuana criminal records—but they’re seven years too…
On May 24, after eight full years of negligence, the Brazilian Supreme Court was supposed to rule in an Extraordinary…
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the city of Phoenix, Arizona, over its homelessness policies. The ACLU is…