Prosecutors are famous for saying they don’t make the law, they only enforce it. In recent years, prominent legal scholars…
When Emma Semler, a woman in her 20s who shared drugs with a friend who tragically died, was sentenced in…
By every measure, the global drug war has failed. It has failed to decrease drug use and sales. Drug-involved overdose…
The first re-election bid of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner—probably the figure most associated with the “progressive prosecutor” movement—was closely…
Chelsea Clinton surprised criminal justice reform activists when she recently backed Color of Change’s “Still in Prison'' campaign, which sheds…
On April 1, after eight years of a determined grassroots campaign, the HALT Act (Humane Alternatives to Long Term Solitary…
When it comes to thinking about crime, there are arguably two main camps. There’s the academic camp, where professors and…
Tamera Lynn Stewart had been taking prescribed opioids for 12 years to treat her chronic pain, following some cancer-related surgeries.…
What is considered a “normal” punishment is culture—it’s where you live. In 18 states, overwhelmingly in the South, a teacher…
Tanesia DeMacon is no stranger to jail. She estimates she was arrested no fewer than 15 times, starting at the…