The First Step Act Freed People. Now Prosecutors Are Trying To Lock Some Of Them Up Again.
Prosecutors are pushing back against First Step Act reforms.
The Government’s Arguments for Restoring the Death Penalty All Fail
The death penalty in the U.S. is dying, and yet Attorney General William Barr announced that the federal government would begin executing people for the first time since 2003.
Risk Assessment Tools Are Flawed—Should We Throw Them Away?
This month, two research scientists and an attorney published an op-ed about risk assessment tools, which are presented as ways to reduce personal bias in the criminal legal system.
Spotlight: Ice Cream Licking, Corporate Negligence, And What Constitutes A Crime
Blue Bell listeria outbreak killed three people, but only the teenage prankster accused of licking a carton will face charges.
Spotlight: The Citizenship Question, the Supreme Court, and Who Deserves a Do-Over
What if Justice Roberts gave criminal defendants do-overs like he did for the Trump administration?
Spotlight: The Supreme Court on Curtis Flowers—Right for the Wrong Reasons
Last week, the Supreme Court surprised many liberals when it overturned the conviction of a Black man on death row, Curtis Flowers, for racial bias in jury selection.
Spotlight: Kevin Cooper’s Case Exemplifies Decades of Systemic Failures
Corrupt cops, lazy lawyers, and cowardly politicians: Kevin Cooper’s case exemplifies three and a half decades of systemic failures
Spotlight: ‘A New Wave of Prosecutorial Transparency’
Prosecutors are supremely powerful and have played an outsize role in mass incarceration. What can be done?
Spotlight: Incarcerated Women Helped Draft New York Law to Free Domestic Violence Survivors
The content of New York’s Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act represents a new kind of lawmaking—a process that originates with the people who have the most at stake and is shepherded by a diverse coalition.
