Alvin Bragg, a former state and federal prosecutor, won the competitive 2021 Manhattan district attorney race by running as something…
In 1992, then-presidential candidate and Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton disclosed that he had experimented with cannabis in his youth. “I…
On January 18, West Virginia legislators advanced a bill that would make “exposing” law enforcement officers to illicit fentanyl punishable…
On December 20, the City Council of Port Townsend, a small city in Jefferson County, Washington, voted unanimously to decriminalize…
Two of the most significant figures in the so-called “progressive prosecutor” movement now seem to be off the table as…
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is hoping to introduce a scheme that would enable young people to avoid getting…
Vermont Democratic and Progressive lawmakers filed a new bill this week to decriminalize drug possession—a policy they hope will serve…
Elected officials are rallying outside of the Rikers Island Detention Complex on January 13 to support detainees who are rejecting…
The landscape of the criminal-legal system in one of the nation’s most progressive states is changing. Two of 11 elected…
Across the United States, people with opioid addiction who are on parole aren’t getting the right medication. In many cases,…