Tag: criminal injustice
Veteran’s Case Shows How Diversion Courts Punish Poverty
Joseph McCabe, a military veteran from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, fell on hard times. In ...
Analyzing Ayanna Pressley’s Justice Guarantee
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) just filed a non-binding resolution in the US House of ...
Indiana Judges’ Violent Brawl Highlights the Hypocrisy of the System
Judges are generally held out as impartial, emotionally even-keeled arbiters of the law. Perhaps ...
Equipping Defense Attorneys to Fight Drug-Induced Homicide Charges
Amid the overdose crisis, drug warrior district attorneys across the US have added a ...
How Might Chesa Boudin’s Win Impact People Who Are Homeless?
In a number of US cities where more people are now living without a ...
A Mixed Election Night for Reform Prosecutors: The Key Results
November 5 saw a raft of important county-level prosector elections around the country, and ...
The Cash Bail System Is an Abusive Anachronism
Even for the Trump era, it sounds like an extraordinary lapse in political decorum. ...
Marijuana Justice and Trump: Inside a DA Election in Rural Pennsylvania
Law enforcement in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, a sprawling rural-to-suburban county and the home of ...
Women Are Disproportionately Held in Jails Rather Than Prisons, Increasing Harms
More women are being held in local jails than in state prisons, according to ...
The Ecuadorian Fishermen Snatched Away by US Drug Warriors
After a flood wiped out Bexy Guerrero Salmiento’s home in 2013, her husband disappeared. ...
