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A man with multiple medical conditions incarcerated on a technical violation urgently needs to be released, his attorney says.

Activists are calling on the governor, district attorneys, sheriffs, and judges to take action to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Judicial responses to the pandemic have varied and are changing rapidly.

The state’s attorney general decided to support resentencing hearings in two high-profile cases, though she had fought appeals in the past.

Lawmakers are recognizing the harms of mass incarceration. But some governors are reluctant to use their clemency power to address them.

As a candidate, Chesa Boudin condemned gang enhancements as racist. Now as DA he plans to significantly limit, if not eliminate, their use.

Deputies in Orange County wrote false reports about their collection and booking of evidence, according to internal audits kept secret for months.

Arthur’s story speaks to a troubling tendency in the legal system, reform advocates say: to treat mental health crises as criminal matters, rather than matters of public health.

Advocates say junk science was used to convict Jimenez. DA Margaret Moore has not yet decided whether she will drop charges or retry her.

Legislators are considering giving the DEA dangerous authority, harm reduction advocates say.

Activists hope Chesa Boudin will press charges, and push for systemic changes to address the criminalization of mental illness.

The state said Michelle Heale shook the baby to death, but some experts say her conviction was based on debunked science.

Social media posts, tattoos, or the unvetted word of an officer can lead to inclusion on the list, which is overwhelmingly composed of people of color.

District Attorney Rachael Rollins ran as a reformer who would work to increase transparency, but her office and the police department have been fighting the order.

Convicted in 1982 in a murder case in which exculpatory evidence was not shared with his attorneys, Wendell Griffin now calls on State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby to clear his name.

Prosecutor Jessica Cooper of Oakland County, Michigan, has aggressively pursued life without the possibility of parole for children, critics say. She recommended the sentence for Barbara Hernández, who at 16 was a ‘slave’ to an abusive boyfriend who drew her into a plan that ended in murder.

Some pretrial prisoners and immigration detainees are forced to work without pay in violation of the 13th Amendment, according to attorneys.

People held in courthouse cells were shackled for up to 15 hours a day, and some were unable to eat, change menstrual pads, or use the bathroom, advocates say.

Son of incarcerated parents, backed by Black Lives Matter co-founders, Boudin will be the next DA of San Francisco.

Chesa Boudin is just 240 votes behind Suzy Loftus, even after local law enforcement spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to defeat him.

Earlier this year, Danville prison removed about 200 books, many of which dealt with race issues. But the new rules don’t go far enough, says one advocate.

A lawsuit in Los Angeles and a motion in Orange County highlight battles to get key information.

District Attorney Michael O’Malley’s 2016 election was viewed by some as a win for Black Lives Matter, but the number of children transferred to adult court in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, has increased more than 100 percent.

Christopher Lay grew up under the influence of a father who was mentally ill. Drawn into a crime at age 19, he’s now seeking a second chance that could help other young adults demand the same.

Loftus led the San Francisco Police Commission through a bloody and turbulent era.

Some death row prisoners will be moved to another unit with access to direct sunlight, fenced-in recreation, and contact visits, department says.

Civil rights groups demand change as other states move away from the practice of isolating people sentenced to death.

Young people convicted as adults face a ‘life sentence’ of registry restrictions, attorneys say.

Kim Ogg ran as a reform-minded district attorney candidate, but her office has sought two death warrants for Dexter Johnson, whose lawyer says cannot name everyday objects and has an IQ of 70.

Barred from other shelters, registrants were left with few options as the hurricane approached.

Despite supporting Oregon’s new juvenile justice law, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is still fighting to keep people in prison who received life sentences as minors.

A statewide pattern of discrimination in jury selection has gone largely uncorrected, while lives remain in the balance, advocates say.

The same culture exists across the country, experts say—with devastating effects.

The New Jersey General Assembly unanimously passed a bill to extend qualified immunity to police officers at private colleges and universities.

In California, Texas and Florida, advocates sent letters to district attorneys, demanding that they refuse to work with officers with histories of misconduct.

Larry Krasner says the punishment is ‘really about poverty’ and race.

Nineteen academics published a letter to the newspaper over its coverage of the Suffolk County DA.

Phone calls between prisoners in Orange County and their lawyers were recorded and accessed. How wide the eavesdropping was remains an open question.

A new report charges the Los Angeles DA with seeking the death penalty in unjust and harsh ways.

The California county has a thin blue line that appears to protect not just the police, but also the DA’s office, criminal justice advocates say.