criminal injustice

“Swallowed Up in the Darkness”—The Humanity of People on Death Row

[This article is excerpted from Crimson Letters: Voices from Death Row by Tessie Castillo, Michael J. Braxton, Lyle May, Terry…

January 30, 2020

Indiana AG Aims to End Prosecutor Discretion Over Marijuana Charges

One might think Indiana has better things to do than police marijuana. According to US News and World Reports rankings,…

January 30, 2020

Cop Who Killed Handcuffed Black Man Reportedly Cited Smell of PCP

On January 27, a Black man, handcuffed with his hands behind his back in a police car, was fatally shot…

January 29, 2020

Meet the Type of Law Enforcement Officer That William Barr Really Likes

President Trump threw US Attorney General William Barr a big bone in the form of a January 22 executive order…

January 27, 2020

Trump’s New Criminal Justice Commission Threatens Reform Wins

Some of the wins of the criminal justice reform movement will be scrutinized in 2020—and likely threatened—by a new presidential…

January 23, 2020

Why Harsher Fentanyl Penalties Will Exacerbate the Overdose Crisis

Congressmembers are pushing for new laws that will impose harsher penalties for potent synthetic opioids like fentanyl, which are involved…

January 22, 2020

Why So Many Prosecutors Enjoy Uncontested Re-Election

There is so much we don’t know about local prosecutors’ offices. Despite handling the vast majority of US criminal cases,…

January 21, 2020

Rikers Body Scanners Risk Jailed New Yorkers’ Health

Machines that were once prohibited from being used in New York jails were rolled out at the infamous Rikers Island…

January 21, 2020

DA Candidate Plans to Abolish NYC’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor

“Perhaps no one and nothing else in New York City better represents the worst history of the War on Drugs…

January 16, 2020

Radical Theater Performance Subverts Rikers Violence

Christmas was a week away. The sky was baby blue, but you wouldn’t have known that inside the windowless room…

January 15, 2020