A Lonely Child Finds His Way Out of Abuse and Homelessness, It Lands Him Behind Bars Sylvia A. Harvey
NYC Advocates Fear More Police Violence, Homeless Criminalization Amid Forced Hospitalizations Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
28 Years, 160 Arrests: What One Man’s Record Reveals About San Diego’s Broken Justice System What do you do with people who are repeatedly failed by social services and the legal system? Kelly Davis
Justice Department Launches Investigation Into NYPD’s Troubled Special Victims Division The probe will assess whether the SVD engages in a “pattern or practice of gender-biased policing," according to the DOJ. Meg O'Connor
What To Expect Now That Roe’s Been Overturned Most abortion bans criminalize providers by making it a felony to perform an abortion. But experts say people who obtain abortions can and will be criminalized for their pregnancy outcomes — they already have been even while Roe was still in place. Meg O'Connor
Supreme Court Overturns Roe, Opening Door for Mass Criminalization of Abortion Police and prosecutors will now be tasked with enforcing state anti-abortion laws. Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
Anti-Abortion Group Urges States to Pass Sweeping Criminalization Laws Post Roe Model state legislation proposed by a leading anti-choice group would impose felony charges for a broad new set of activities related to abortion. Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
‘I Did Not Shake My Son’: Is a Father Serving Life for a Crime That Never Occurred? Expert says trauma from childbirth, not shaking, led to the death of Danyel Smith's two-month-old child. Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
How Los Angeles Created the Playbook for a Nationwide War on the Unhoused As politicians look to build public support for homeless encampment sweeps, they’re using tactics popularized in LA—the site of one of the nation’s most intense battles over the unhoused. Jonny Coleman
Man Left Paralyzed After Hospital Denies Care And Calls Police: Lawsuit Accused of faking his symptoms, Joshua Lee Smith was dragged from his hospital bed, called a “junkie,” and thrown in jail, his lawsuit says. Then, he woke up paralyzed. Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
What Would the End of Roe v. Wade Mean for Pregnancy Behind Bars? A Supreme Court decision overturning the constitutional right to an abortion could force thousands of incarcerated people to carry pregnancies to term. Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
After Years Locked up for Stealing Cold Medicine, Reginald Randolph Is Released But if he loses his appeal and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declines to grant him clemency, he will likely be sent back to prison. Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
A Homeless Man Has Spent 800 Days At Rikers After Stealing Cold Medicine. Now His Prison Sentence May Be Beginning. Blind in one eye and at risk of losing vision in the other, 58-year-old Reginald Randolph is now on the verge of being sent to state prison to serve out a maximum of four years. Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
