When Bill de Blasio first ran for mayor of New York City, seven years ago, he promised to ensure that police take a less aggressive…
Over the past six months, the number of voting rights lawsuits has skyrocketed to a record level, reports the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at…
As a conservative, I was not always in favor of ending the death penalty. I became conflicted about the practice as an adult; and as…
Out of the 57 people currently on federal death row, 34 are people of color, some of whom “were convicted and condemned by all-white juries,”…
A right-leaning Supreme Court has repeatedly declined opportunities to expand gun rights. This year, the justices voted against including ten different Second Amendment petitions on…
After decades of living with a criminal justice system that is far more focused on punishment than rehabilitation, many Americans have seemingly resigned themselves to,…
It has been about six years since Kentucky “fundamentally overhauled” its juvenile justice system with the enactment of a law mandating that diversion programs be…
After Yunio Morla was charged with assaulting his ex-girlfriend, a Brooklyn prosecutor asked a judge to hold him on $15,000 bail. His record included a…
Between July and August, Virginia’s “red flag” laws prohibited three dozen Virginians from possessing guns. The law, enacted in July, resulted in the granting of…
A majority of Americans want changes already made to practices and procedures in the justice system since the pandemic to continue after the threat of…