Over the past three decades, clearance rates for serious crimes have dropped by 41 percent in...
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CA Attorney General Issues Guidelines for Prosecutors to Implement Race-blind Charging
In 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill, AB 2778, meant to reduce racial bias in...
Thoughts about this week’s four LASD suicides
Darrin Harris, 56, an active-duty commander of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, was...
Courts Impose Outsized Punishments for Failing to Appear in Court
In California, missing a criminal court date means facing additional charges, fines, and...
More than 80 criminal justice leaders urge GA Court to protect prosecutorial independence in GA—and across the U.S.— by declaring SB 92 unconstitutional.
Even at the time of its passage, many believed that one of the law's unstated purposes was to act...
US Supreme Court upholds the Indian Child Welfare Act in 7-2 decision
Last Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to a federal law aimed at keeping Native...