Issuing extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs), commonly referred to as “red flag” orders, could reduce mass shootings, according to recent case studies. Almost 80 percent…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) says Americans should reject a “false choice” between public safety and making the criminal justice system less punitive — and on…
The New York Police Department’s decision to fire Daniel Pantaleo, the officer whose chokehold was partly blamed for Eric Garner’s 2014 death in police custody,…
James Adcock Earlier this summer, a working group convened by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) concluded a long-awaited effort to develop best practices for…
Dozens of current and former prosecutors and law enforcement officials signed a letter calling last week’s attack by Attorney General William Barr on progressive district attorneys…
Three and a half years after the Supreme Court ruled that juvenile lifers should have the opportunity to be re-sentenced and come home, more than…
Soon after Michelle Anderson was appointed Sixth District Judicial Judge in Minnesota’s Iron Range region, where she operates a hybrid court that offers alternatives to…
Two days after a standoff with a shooter that left six Philadelphia police injured, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order intended to reduce…
The hard-line approach to undocumented immigrants promised by the White House has so far not produced a corresponding hike in deportations, according to a new…
Although the decades-long “freeze” on funding for gun violence research by the federal government has slowly begun to thaw, more support is critical to understanding—and…