Tag: criminal injustice
Governor Newsom Owes It to Voters to End California’s Drug War
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has comfortably won the recall election aimed at removing ...
Biden Looks to Make Harsh Criminalization of Fentanyl Analogs Permanent
President Joe Biden is seeking to extend indefinitely a Trump-era rule on the scheduling ...
Marijuana Possession Arrests Plunge in NYC Post-Legalization
Marijuana arrests in New York City have dropped to the single digits since former ...
District Attorneys Could Be Key to the post-Roe v. Wade Abortion Battle
Ever since President Trump started nominating new Supreme Court justices, reproductive health activists and ...
More Evidence That Coerced Drug Treatment Is Harmful as Well as Wrong
A paper published by the International Journal of Drug Policy confirms what harm reductionists ...
Alabama Parole Board’s Cruel and Unprecedented Increase in Denials
Representative Chris England, the chairman of the Alabama Democrats, does not mince words when ...
Clemency for Ex-Weather Underground Member Who Is DA Chesa Boudin’s Dad
The 1981 Brink’s armored truck heist in Nanuet, New York is notorious. The botched ...
WI Judge Defies the Law by Doubling as a “Probation Officer”
In the opinion of Amanda Skorr, an attorney and former public defender, Outagamie County, ...
Can Harm Reduction Reform the Drug Courts?
Among prohibitionists and proponents of the drug war, drug courts are touted as a ...
A Look Behind the Campaign to Recall Progressive Prosecutors in Virginia
A recall campaign targeting so-called progressive prosecutors in Virginia has made recent headlines. To ...
