criminal injustice

David Soares Is a Case Study in Changing Standards for “Reform” Prosecutors

Everyone knows how it feels to revisit something you once loved—a TV show such as Entourage, for example—only to find…

April 16, 2020

Why Aramis Ayala Should Release Her “Dishonest Cops” List

Aramis Ayala, the chief prosecutor of Orlando and the first Black state attorney in Florida, is an unexpected civil rights…

April 14, 2020

An Indiana Police Dept. No Longer Reversing Overdoses During Pandemic

An Indiana law enforcement department has suspended police administration of naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal medication, until the end of…

April 9, 2020

NY Gov. Cuomo Signs Away Bail Reforms Despite COVID-19 Decarceration Calls

Because of the pandemic, criminal justice and public health officials around the US are calling for more people to be…

April 9, 2020

When a “Progressive” Prosecutor Ditches Reform to Grab More Power

When Raul Torréz was running for district attorney in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2016, locals were surprised that a famous…

April 7, 2020

Court Reins In Social Workers’ Power in Drug-War Child Removals

Social workers are overlooked actors in the drug war, separating parents who use drugs from their children, often regardless of…

April 2, 2020

We Should Be Vigilant Against Attacks on the Supreme Court’s Burrage Ruling

Marcus Andrew Burrage was once a small-town guy from rural Iowa who sold another man heroin. As is typical of…

April 1, 2020

US Drug War Exploits Pandemic to Attack Venezuelan Sovereignty

As the coronavirus outbreak escalates, the United States has brought drug-war charges against the democratically elected president of Venezuela, Nicolás…

March 31, 2020

San Antonio’s War on Street-Level Sex Workers

On a late August afternoon, a woman with shoulder-length brown hair asked a passing driver on the west side of…

March 31, 2020

“Ticking Time Bombs”—Congressmembers Urge Releases From Federal Prisons

Members of Congress are joining criminal justice reform advocates to demand that some people currently in prisons be released to…

March 25, 2020