Prosecutors Become Unlikely Line of Defense Against Abortion Bans
Recently, prosecutors have begun to use their discretion to stop enforcing laws they consider unjust.
Joe Biden’s Role in Mass Incarceration Was No ‘Mistake’: It Was Politics
This is the seventh installment of the Daily Appeal series “The Contenders 2020: Criminal Justice in the Race for President.”
Representation by Those Affected by the Criminal Legal System Is Increasingly Important
Michael Brown’s mother lost her bid for City Council, but is one of many bringing personal experience with the criminal system to politics.
Candidates Can Pledge to Appoint Public Defenders to the Bench To Show They Are Serious about Mass Incarceration
None of Trump’s confirmed or pending judicial nominees has worked as a full-time public defenders.
Legal but Unspeakable
Arkansas lawmaker wants to make it a felony to identify makers of its execution drugs.
Presidential Hopefuls Should Pledge to Roll Back Mass Incarceration Using Clemency
This is the fourth installment in the series “The Contenders 2020: Criminal Justice in the Race for President.”
Amy Klobuchar Will Not Be a Criminal Justice Ally Until She Reckons with Her Past
Klobuchar implemented the kind of policies that today’s progressives are working hard to dismantle, and she doesn’t seem to see her record as problematic.
Kamala Harris Was a Tough-on-Crime Prosecutor in a Black Lives Matter Era
Long after the American public became aware mass incarceration was a failed experiment, Harris failed to support progressive measures to alleviate some of its impact.
New York Can Do More Than Adopt Texas’s Discovery Laws
New York would benefit from looking at Texas, which is surprisingly progressive on various criminal justice issues. But while legislative reforms are necessary, they are in no way sufficient.
Let Them Eat Steak: The Disgraceful Press Coverage of Holiday Meals in Federal Prisons
These outlets have bought into and perpetuated a zero-sum view of social justice that is false and pernicious.
Should Public Agents Resist Injustice Within the Justice System?
If Border Patrol agents should refuse to tear gas children at the border, should prosecutors, police, and judges not refuse some of their duties too?
Blue Wave Aside, There Was a Tide of Criminal Justice Victories
Referendums, proseutors, sheriffs: A walk-through the November 6 results
2018 Election Preview: Initiative 940, Washington State
Ballot measure would change law that currently makes it nearly impossible to hold police officers accountable for excessive force.
Colorado Votes on Abolishing Its Clause Authorizing Slavery
People laughed when Kanye called for abolishing the “trap door” in the 13th Amendment. Now Coloradans are voting on theirs.
Ohio’s Issue 1 Ballot Initiative Could ‘Deal a Blow’ to Mass Incarceration
Ohio’s Issue 1 ballot initiative could ‘deal a blow’ to mass incarceration
Death Penalty Struck Down by Washington State Supreme Court
Case seemed to many like a second chance at McCleskey v. Kemp, a U.S. Supreme Court case that severely restricted the ability for minority plaintiffs to succeed on equal protection claims.
Common Bails Out a Stranger
What it’s like to take part in New York City’s Mass Bailout.
Boston DA Nominee Embraces Next Frontier of Criminal Justice Reforms: Declining Cases
Many reform advocates believe that declining to prosecute cases is an effective way for prosecutors to shrink the system and break cycles of incarceration that disproportionately ensnare people of color.