criminal injustice

DA Felt It Unnecessary to Inform Public of a Virus-Infected Prosecutor in Court

Stephen Wagstaffe, the district attorney of San Mateo County, California, said in 2014 that he has never made a decision…

July 1, 2020

The Potential and Pitfalls of Providing Vapes to Incarcerated People

How much good can vaping do in a carceral setting? Smoking rates in prisons and jails across the United States…

June 30, 2020

My Experience of Brutal Arrest at a Black Lives Matter Protest

It happened almost by accident. I was walking past Union Square after dinner with a friend in June 2016 and…

June 30, 2020

Support, Don’t Punish 2020: A Global Day of Action Against the Drug War

Friday, June 26 marks the Support, Don’t Punish 2020 Global Day of Action—an annual show of international solidarity against the…

June 25, 2020

Silicon Valley Prosecutor’s Dog-Whistle Threat to Muslim Public Defender

  Sajid A. Khan is a community leader and public defender in Santa Clara County, California, a county of almost…

June 25, 2020

Abolitionist Scientists Challenge Crime Prediction Software Research

One thousand scientists have denounced new software designed to predict criminality based off of a single face photo. They're now…

June 24, 2020

PA Plan to Limit DA Candidates to Career Prosecutors Swipes at Progressives

The latest manifestation of Pennsylvania’s political culture-gap, with its stark split between progressive cities and conservative small-town and rural areas,…

June 18, 2020

Don’t Forget Prosecutors When It Comes to Defunding

Since the brutal murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis cops, activists across the country have passionately called to defund the…

June 11, 2020

Fighting Racism in a Small, Conservative Town in New Jersey

  Outrage over racism and police brutality epitomized by the murder of George Floyd has been so pervasive that away…

June 10, 2020

“Social Workers Belong in Police Departments” Is an Offensive Statement

Last week, the New York State Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers posted a graphic on Facebook that…

June 10, 2020