What you’ll read today Spotlight: Why do we hide sentences from jurors? New Orleans wants to make its notorious jail bigger Supreme Court refuses to hear case of man who says he was sentenced to death because he is gay What are the prospects for ending cooperation with ICE in New York? Appeals might be […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: Why three ‘mega-prisons’ aren’t the solution to violence in Alabama’s prisons Texas is poised to make it easier to jail people for voting errors The push to end ‘punishment fever’ against people with HIV Google stores vast amounts of cell phone location data and police are using it In Georgia’s […]
Special Edition This week, the Daily Appeal has delved into the Justice Collaborative’s “Blueprint for a Safer and More Just America.” We have focused each day on one of the core principles and highlighted examples of promising practices from across the country that help further its goals. Principle 4: Treat Addiction Like the Medical Issue That It Is By […]
Special Edition This week, the Daily Appeal is delving into the Justice Collaborative’s “Blueprint for a Safer and More Just America.” We will focus each day on one of the core principles and highlight examples of promising practices from across the country that help further its goals. Principle 5: End Cycles of Violence Stopping violence is about […]
Special Edition This week, the Daily Appeal is delving into the Justice Collaborative’s “Blueprint for a Safer and More Just America.” We will focus each day on one of the core principles and highlight examples of promising practices from across the country that help further its goals. ‘Blueprint For a Safer and More Just America,’ Principle 2: […]
Special Edition This week, the Daily Appeal will be delving into the Justice Collaborative’s “Blueprint for a Safer and More Justice America.” We will focus each day on one of the core principles and highlight examples of promising practices from across the country that help further its goals. ‘Blueprint for a Safer and More Just America,’ […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: ‘Driving while Black’ in Louisville, Kentucky ‘I had nothing’: How parole perpetuates a cycle of incarceration and instability Bernie Sanders supports an end to felony disenfranchisement More photos of the horrifying conditions at St. Clair prison Efforts to counter driver’s license revocations make progress In the Spotlight ‘Driving while Black’ […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: Freeing people and resources by shrinking community supervision Houston homicide under new scrutiny after misconduct allegations about DEA agent emerge I worked as a bail bond agent. Here’s what I learned. The Appeal podcast: The risks of risk assessment Arkansas will soon have a law to keep the sources of […]
Special Edition: The Contenders Editor’s Note: The Daily Appeal is occasionally examining the 2020 presidential contenders’ records, platforms, and rhetoric on issues relating to criminal justice. You can find past installments here. Julián Castro’s immigration proposal challenges the distinction between ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving’ immigrants, a little “On questions of immigration policy, Democrats know what they’re against,” writes Eric […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: Michael Brown’s mother lost her bid for City Council, but is one of many bringing personal experience with the criminal system to politics Did Baltimore cops ‘conspire’ to suppress evidence, leading to a wrongful murder conviction? Julián Castro wants to decriminalize migration When ‘violent offense’ includes marijuana possession, what does […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: If you think the war on drugs is over, just look to the most recent drug task force corruption scandal New York lawmakers want to ban sex offenders from the subway. That won’t solve anything. Drug companies fear their products could be used in executions if Arkansas secrecy bill passes […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: ‘I can’t help but wonder if the public knows just how bad these men are treated’: Over 2,000 photos show the blood and violence of an Alabama prison Wrongly accused of rape, Randall Mills has been proven innocent. But that doesn’t mean he’s exonerated New York passes reforms on bail, […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: Providing opioid use disorder treatment in jails and prisons saves lives Women describe how a Columbus vice cop pressured them to trade sex for rent This time, SCOTUS stays the execution of man denied access to a spiritual adviser of his faith Released after 43 years in prison thanks to Florida’s […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: Witness memories have always been fallible. New York is starting to remind jurors of this. Black Mississippians say sheriff’s office deputies ‘terrorize the community like a gang would’ North Carolina bill would punish stealing pills from pharmacies as harshly as manslaughter A Texas man who did not kill anyone is […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: The FBI used a made-up category to justify surveillance of Black activists. What else is it doing? Florida woman faced 10 years for ‘meth’ that was ‘just a rock.’ Boston DA’s memo: Incarceration as last resort, diversion whenever possible, and vigilance about ICE arrests Idaho legislators pass important, but imperfect, […]
What you’ll read today Journalism drives justice reform. It is also collapsing. Risk Assessment: Explained Hundreds stuck in California prisons as prosecutors seek to block new law Connecticut bill would unlock the ‘black box’ of prosecution Sheriff responsibility for the jail death crisis Setback for marijuana legalization in New Jersey In the Spotlight Journalism […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: Things we didn’t know needed to be banned: Using attack dogs on incarcerated people Albany police shot a teen in the back and paralyzed him. The DA said it was justified. Pittsburgh police officer acquitted in killing of Antwon Rose New Jersey lawmakers vote today on marijuana legalization How a mass […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: How can presidential candidates show they are serious about dismantling mass incarceration? Pledge to appoint public defenders to the bench. One simple way to hold bad prosecutors accountable Booker swipes at Harris and Sanders for joking about marijuana Twin Cities prosecutors announce new marijuana policies Oregon bill would prohibit using […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: What do Florida’s proposed ‘poll tax’ and Louisiana’s nonunanimous convictions have in common? They silence Black voices. In El Paso jails, immigrants are incarcerated long past their release dates Justice in America Episode 20: Mariame Kaba and prison abolition New York governor and NYPD team up to try to ban […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: People in Alabama prisons go on a hunger strike over placement in solitary confinement When running away means getting locked up Women say Pennsylvania cop committed sexual assaults, recorded them on body camera City cuts electricity, water to residents who can’t pay fines and fees The questions about policing in […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: Police who shoot civilians are using a victims’ rights law to keep their names secret Miami police arrest thousands of homeless but leave rapes, robberies unsolved Durham DA dismisses more than 50,000 traffic cases The end of the death penalty in America? Oklahoma sheriff and staff resign while protecting people […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: When we look at recidivism rates to evaluate reforms, we are looking for—and funding—the wrong things Bronx DA says she wants to reduce overdose deaths, but opposes a program that can help DA runs for judgeship, requires all employees to sign confidentiality agreements Delaware attorney general reforms policies on prosecution […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: Poetry or threat? The Supreme Court may weigh in on rap lyrics as evidence. The Appeal Podcast: Pushing for police accountability in Sacramento What happens before police press ‘record’? ‘Broken windows’ policing hinders academic performance of Black teenagers Largest-ever study of traffic stops shows minorities stopped more often, based on less […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: Was the California moratorium on executions undemocratic? Maybe it doesn’t matter. ‘I’m not going anywhere until they stop killing people’ Justice in America Episode 19: What Justice Could Look Like Manafort’s case reveals ‘America’s deep, disturbing attraction to harsh punishment,’ even on the left A bill to end suspension of […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: The youth activists of #NoCopAcademy offer a vision of a different Chicago Federal prisons official used prison labor for work on his church New York City looks to eliminate hidden bail fees Announcing a moratorium on California’s death penalty After postponing hundreds of detention hearings, immigration judges now advance cases with […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: We don’t create vaccines by popular consensus; why do so for criminal justice policy? Party guests suing over mass arrest for less than an ounce of marijuana Homeless woman found burning outside a church is charged with arson Boston prosecutor convenes expert panel to investigate police killing Small-town private prosecutor paid a […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: ‘Free’ tablet programs in prisons and jails run on predatory pricing and threaten essential services Woman faces life in prison for sharing drugs with another woman in jail A record number of people are in ICE custody Judge jails Chelsea Manning for refusing to testify before grand jury Effort to […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: Hundreds of students march after prosecutors decline to charge the cops who killed Stephon Clark In Texas, D.A. who promised reform now faces challenge from the left The Appeal Podcast: The backlash against voting rights How an employer, Boston police, and ICE coordinated to arrest an injured worker Educating the Supreme […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: Legal but unspeakable: Arkansas lawmaker wants to make it a felony to identify makers of its execution drugs Justice in America Episode 18: What happened to clemency? New York lawmaker announces sweeping challenge to gravity knife law ICE Wanted to deport him to Jamaica. But he was born in the […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: How jails harm, and the challenge for healers Confession throws prison uprising trials into chaos 15 infants released from ICE detention in Texas; at least one remains Idaho could bring transparency to risk assessment Unabated violence in Alabama prisons In the Spotlight How jails harm, and the challenge for healers Being […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: South Carolina sheriff’s program says it’s helping at-risk youth; experts call it child abuse Texas sheriffs stand against marijuana policy reform The ‘Florida First Step Act’ unanimously passes its first committee Crowded field of Queens DA hopefuls call themselves ‘progressive’ Chicago cop says he was demoted because he refused to help […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: How electronic monitoring sets people on parole up to fail Florida’s sex offender registry proves inescapable Another North Carolina sheriff restricts cooperation with ICE He was sent to death row in 2005. Now he is ‘actually innocent.’ California prosecutors resist reform despite voters’ desire for it, says editorial board In the […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: From Roger Stone to Houston drug busts, no-knock raids come under scrutiny The Appeal Podcast: Mayor of Jackson faces uphill battle for police accountability As states look to cut jail populations, electronic ‘miniature prisons’ are on the rise. Texas man arrested for emotional outburst during his father’s execution The oldest […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: Presidential hopefuls should pledge to roll back mass incarceration using clemency After uprising, Delaware prison sends hundreds of prisoners away Justice in America Episode 17: Killers Who Don’t Kill California AG threatens legal action if journalists publish list of ‘criminal cops’ Muslim immigration detainees, unable to practice religion, sue ICE In […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: When police kill sleeping people, it is time to ask how police tactics set the stage for violence A mother grapples with an adoption that led to deaths Police unions fight to rescind parole for former Black Panther Two Miami officers charged for slapping handcuffed teenager, then trying to destroy […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: Needed: A tech upgrade and an end to overdetention in the Louisiana Department of Corrections Chicago cop’s sentence for killing a Black teenager is exceptionally short San Francisco DA will move to expunge over 9,000 marijuana convictions Visions for legal change from lawyers and advocates who have been incarcerated A […]
What you’ll read today A victory against a gang database in Cook County, Illinois ‘The Police Act Like We Are Nothing’ ‘Just Leave Them to Die’ The Supreme Court must examine the racial bias that sent Keith Tharpe to death row, law professor says Former Baltimore police officer praises decision not to prosecute marijuana cases […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: Protections against excessive fines date back to Magna Carta. Why is this still an issue? Inside ‘The stop-and-frisk capital of America’ The Appeal Podcast: Prisoners with disabilities fight for equal rights Microsoft asked for facial recognition regulation but now says bill is too restrictive Former Rikers doctor investigates why incarceration […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: Should all prison sentences end after 20 years? The Mayor of Jackson wants to hold its police accountable. Easier said than done. California police unions fight new state law promising transparency on misconduct records. Justice in America Episode 16: A conversation with Kim Foxx Supreme Court unanimously rules that […]
What you’ll read today Spotlight: A challenge to Pennsylvania prisons’ legal mail policy Man exonerated in murder but diagnosed with terminal cancer as he awaited freedom ‘I am a human and I just ask to be treated as one’ Unanimous Supreme Court says 8th Amendment’s protection against excessive fines applies to states Eliminating cash bail […]