Tag: criminal injustice
Top New Orleans Prosecutor Loses Immunity Over His Illegal Jail Threats
The city’s top prosecutor learned that the murdered young man was the boyfriend ...
ACLU Underlines That Racial Justice Takes More Than Just Marijuana Legalization
Black people are more likely than whites to be arrested for marijuana, even after ...
Felony Convictions Require Unanimous Jury Verdicts, Rules SCOTUS—Shaming Oregon and Louisiana
Until recently, two US states did not require a unanimous jury verdict to convict ...
Pressure Builds on ICE to Release Far More People During Pandemic
The pandemic has exposed inhumane health and sanitary conditions in US jails and prisons; ...
David Soares Is a Case Study in Changing Standards for “Reform” Prosecutors
Everyone knows how it feels to revisit something you once loved—a TV show such ...
Why Aramis Ayala Should Release Her “Dishonest Cops” List
Aramis Ayala, the chief prosecutor of Orlando and the first Black state attorney in ...
An Indiana Police Dept. No Longer Reversing Overdoses During Pandemic
An Indiana law enforcement department has suspended police administration of naloxone, the opioid overdose ...
NY Gov. Cuomo Signs Away Bail Reforms Despite COVID-19 Decarceration Calls
Because of the pandemic, criminal justice and public health officials around the US are ...
When a “Progressive” Prosecutor Ditches Reform to Grab More Power
When Raul Torréz was running for district attorney in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2016, ...
Court Reins In Social Workers’ Power in Drug-War Child Removals
Social workers are overlooked actors in the drug war, separating parents who use drugs ...
