Tag: criminal injustice
After “Iryna’s Law,” Behavioral Crisis Response in NC Grows More Carceral
On February 5, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein (D) signed an executive order titled ...
Mexico’s Vape Prohibition Is Already Biting
A mandate to ban nicotine vapes was enshrined in Mexico’s constitution in early 2025—a ...
Cut New Marijuana Penalties From Sales Bill, Coalition Urges VA Senate
A coalition of 37 cannabis and civil rights organizations is urging Virginia senators to ...
DULF Challenge: Health Canada Official Flounders on the Stand
A senior Canadian bureaucrat struggled on the witness stand to reconcile past statements by ...
CO Renews Most of Its Historic Push to Reduce Harms of Faulty Drug Tests
In June 2025, Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) signed a bill that established a ...
The Sex Offender Registry Isn’t Meant for Public Safety. Just Public Shaming.
It happened on an ordinary afternoon; the kind of day when sunlight falls softly ...
Prisoners Sue Aramark, Contractor for Both Kitchen Service and Commissary
Commissary vendors, which provide the food and hygiene items sold to incarcerated people at ...
DULF’s Constitutional Challenge to Compassion-Club Charges Begins
As British Columbia’s overdose crisis escalated in the second half of the 2010s, Jeremy ...
“Hung Out to Dry”—DULF Pair Convicted But Plan Challenge
“DULF’s pilot project worked,” a Supreme Court of British Columbia judge stated on November ...
Drug Testing Defeats the Purpose of “Second Chance” Hiring
Opening employment opportunities to people with prior convictions, often called “second chance hiring,” can ...
