Tag: criminal injustice
What Would It Have Taken to “Stop Singas”?
On June 8, reporter Sam Mellins tweeted a photo of a January 6, 1999 ...
Prosecutors Don’t Just Enforce Laws—They Lobby Hard to Make Them
Prosecutors are famous for saying they don’t make the law, they only enforce it. ...
Appeals Court Bolsters Fight Against Drug-Induced Homicide Charges
When Emma Semler, a woman in her 20s who shared drugs with a friend ...
We Must Divest From the Failed Drug War Locally, Nationally and Globally
By every measure, the global drug war has failed. It has failed to decrease ...
Larry Krasner Beats Primary Challenger Organically, in Good Sign for Reformers
The first re-election bid of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner—probably the figure most associated ...
SCOTUS Shamefully Allows Past Non-Unanimous Jury Convictions to Stand
Chelsea Clinton surprised criminal justice reform activists when she recently backed Color of Change’s ...
New York Abolished Long-Term Solitary. Will Guards Get With the Program?
On April 1, after eight years of a determined grassroots campaign, the HALT Act ...
Crime Rates, Prosecutors and Telling Public Reactions
When it comes to thinking about crime, there are arguably two main camps. There’s ...
How Fear, Misinformation, Stigma Have Devastated US Pain Patients
Tamera Lynn Stewart had been taking prescribed opioids for 12 years to treat her ...
The Supreme Court’s Abhorrent Decision to Back Life-Without-Parole for Kids
What is considered a “normal” punishment is culture—it’s where you live. In 18 states, ...
