The landslide election of Phil Murphy to be the new governor of New Jersey is likely to put the Garden State at the forefront of criminal justice reforms in the United States.

On October 19th, a few dozen public defenders and grassroots activists showed up outside the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office to rip the reformer mask off of one of America’s most well-known prosecutors.

A Louisiana man’s request for a “lawyer dog” was deemed unclear by the state’s Supreme Court.

New Jersey has become a national leader in criminal justice reform, particularly around the hot button issue of requiring cash bail. When it passed the Bail Reform and Speedy Trial Act last year, it became one of only three locations in the United States that have virtually eliminated bail as a condition for release when someone is charged with a crime. Yet the state literally stumbled into these efforts, almost by accident, in 2012.

Talk of bail reform in Nashville is getting an assist from recently released data showing that the majority of individuals arrested for misdemeanors remain in jail until their cases are concluded.

Alameda and Santa Clara County jail detainees round out the first week of a hunger strike for better conditions.

Memphis critic says Juvenile Court Judge’s resistance to reforms has ‘emasculated’ Department of Justice

John Valerio shows that violent offenders can change.

A district attorney wants to solve crime by breaking up families.

The price of shoplifting at Wal-Mart isn’t always low.