criminal injustice

Brittney Griner: US Steps Up Pressure Over Cannabis Detention in Russia

Weeks after it was disclosed that American professional basketball player Brittney Griner was arrested in Russia over alleged possession of…

March 21, 2022

Oklahoma Death Penalty Case Flags Inadequate Defense Funding

Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin did not want to release the dashcam video of two officers getting shot by David…

March 17, 2022

Executions for Drug Convictions Surged in 2021. Most Are Kept Secret.

At least 131 people were executed for drug convictions in 2021, according to a new report from Harm Reduction International…

March 15, 2022

Federal Life Sentences for Drugs: Unconscionable and Massively Biased

Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the original Silk Road dark-web marketplace, was given a federal life sentence in 2015. But…

March 9, 2022

Prosecutor-Initiated Resentencing Has Profound Limitations

Following the 2018 passage of AB 2942, California’s first-in-the-nation “prosecutor-initiated resentencing” law, Hillary Blout started the Oakland-based nonprofit For The…

March 3, 2022

Chicago Mayor Wants to Expand Civil Asset Forfeiture to “Gang Activity”

Chicago City Council will soon vote on a controversial ordinance to use civil asset forfeiture against people with convictions believed…

March 1, 2022

In Maximum Security Prison, the System Works to Deny Us Transfers

Since 2018, I have been incarcerated in a maximum security unit of Michigan’s Baraga Correctional Facility. It's an isolated location…

March 1, 2022

Prosecutors Excluded Jurors for Being Black, NC Supreme Court Finds

Juries in the United States are not just 12 people selected at random. Instead, both the prosecution and the defense…

February 17, 2022

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 rare, if increasing, according to an…

February 14, 2022

The Ex-DA Using Manhattan Institute Platform to Attack Reform Prosectors

The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research is a big deal in US public safety debates. Cofounded by Reagan CIA Director…

February 10, 2022