Tag: criminal injustice
Vermont Prosecutor Becomes Second in Nation to Stop Seeking Cash Bail
The top prosecutor of Chittenden County (Burlington), Vermont is ending a policy that she ...
Portland Charges Exemplify Struggle Over Feds’ Prosecution Encroachment
Ammon Bundy shocked the country when he took up arms against the US federal ...
NYPD Reports Eight-Fold Increase in Use of Force for “Crowd Control” During Floyd Uprising
In the late spring and early summer, New York City, like the rest of ...
Four Easy Ways for a New Top Prosecutor to Make Meaningful Change
Activists like the Dream Defenders did not expect Harold Pryor to win the Broward ...
Cages Don’t Always Have Bars: How “Reforms” Swelled the Carceral State
Place Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law together on a street corner in an impoverished ...
What Marijuana Legalization Would Mean for Criminal Justice in Arizona
Marijuana legalization is headed to the ballot in Arizona this November. If successful, the ...
The Frightening Future and Past of Cop “Mutual Aid”
Mutual aid organizing is experiencing something of a renaissance amid the coinciding crises of ...
Breaking Down a Model Bill to Decriminalize All Drugs
On August 6, the Drug Policy Alliance* released a detailed proposal to decriminalize all ...
The “Progressive Prosecutor” Movement Spreads, But Unevenly
It is hard for prosecutors to let go of the prosecutorial identity, as seen ...
Drive to Free Black Woman With Marijuana Life Sentence Exposes “Habitual Criminal” Laws
“Give a mother the chance to hold her child again.” So reads a petition, ...
