Back when I was a novice defense lawyer (almost 50 years ago) I often led visitors from white, “national” Washington, D.C. through the old Police…
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,”…
For more than four decades, economic inequality in America has risen “inexorably,” leaving millions of individuals with criminal records in an even more vulnerable situation. …
An analysis of data collected by local police departments on millions of traffic stops over the last several years, conducted by ABC News in collaboration…
The Mississippi Attorney General’s Office dropped its case against Curtis Flowers, a Black man who was tried six times for the same crime by a…
Is the criminal justice system fair? The answer, it turns out, depends on whom you ask. The latest episode in a Christian Science Monitor podcast…
A new study of the Vermont police has raised questions about the effectiveness of racial bias training. The study, conducted by professors at the University…
In recent years, the discriminatory nature of the criminal justice system has made mainstream headlines. But the coverage has largely ignored the role of higher…
The nation’s stormy debate over police brutality and racial justice formed the undercurrent of the opening night of the 2020 Democrat Party Convention Monday. Led…