criminal injustice

How Might Chesa Boudin’s Win Impact People Who Are Homeless?

In a number of US cities where more people are now living without a place to call home, disdain for…

November 12, 2019

A Mixed Election Night for Reform Prosecutors: The Key Results

November 5 saw a raft of important county-level prosector elections around the country, and most of the results are now…

November 6, 2019

The Cash Bail System Is an Abusive Anachronism

Even for the Trump era, it sounds like an extraordinary lapse in political decorum. At a University of Pittsburgh event…

November 5, 2019

Marijuana Justice and Trump: Inside a DA Election in Rural Pennsylvania

Law enforcement in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, a sprawling rural-to-suburban county and the home of Penn State's law school, has been…

October 31, 2019

Women Are Disproportionately Held in Jails Rather Than Prisons, Increasing Harms

More women are being held in local jails than in state prisons, according to a report released October 29 by…

October 31, 2019

The Ecuadorian Fishermen Snatched Away by US Drug Warriors

After a flood wiped out Bexy Guerrero Salmiento’s home in 2013, her husband disappeared. Just days earlier, Manuel, Bexy and…

October 28, 2019

Oklahoma Prosecutor “Launched Malicious Probes Against Criminal Justice Reformers”

Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater stands accused of firing his investigator for refusing to conduct a bogus criminal probe…

October 28, 2019

Are Political Insiders Selling Out California’s Criminal Justice Future?

The eerily-timed resignation of one of California’s top prosecutors reeks of an attempt to tilt the district attorney election that…

October 24, 2019

Eric Garner’s Mother Speaks Out Against Proposed NYC Menthols Ban

Gwendolyn Carr, the mother of  Eric Garner—who was killed by NYPD police officer Daniel Pantaleo with a chokehold while being…

October 24, 2019

Alaska Prisons Are Holding Mentally-Ill People With No Criminal Charges

Over the last year, dozens of Alaskans experiencing mental health crises found themselves in an unexpected place: a prison or…

October 24, 2019