Tag: criminal injustice
Baltimore Study Boosts Movements to Decriminalize Drugs and Sex Work
Replication is of paramount importance, in the sciences, in determining whether an earlier research ...
We Need Better Mechanisms to Fire Prosecutors Who Flout Basic Ethics
The KKK-adjacent Louisiana district attorney. The alleged “sexual predator” Louisiana district attorney, convicted of ...
Charleston Prosecutors Treat Black and White Men Equally, Report Finds. Really?
How many former prosecutors does it take to give a white elected prosecutor in ...
Why Is California Failing Thousands of People With Cannabis Records?
Nearly five years after California voters legalized marijuana, potentially hundreds of thousands of residents ...
Afghanistan’s “Forever” Drug War Has No End in Sight
“It is time to end the forever war,” declared President Joe Biden. After 20 ...
California Can Now Ban Police for Misconduct—But Will It Matter?
California can now permanently ban police officers from the profession if they commit serious ...
A Judge Jailed an Abuse Survivor Mid-Testimony—for Legal Marijuana Use
On September 7, a survivor of domestic violence in Virginia was testifying against the ...
House Votes to Equalize Sentencing for Crack and Powder Cocaine
On September 28, the US House of Representatives approved a bill to make punishments ...
What Not to Read Into the FBI’s Latest Murder Data
The FBI’s annual Uniform Crime Report is severely limited. Although 85 percent of America’s ...
National Expungement Week: Learn How to Clear Your Record (For Free)
September 26 through October 3 is National Expungement Week of Action and Awareness (NEW), ...
