A new report outlines strategies the state of California could employ that would reduce its prison...
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Study Shows “Significant” Racial Disparities in Plea Deals
White defendants generally get better plea deals than their black counterparts, and are more likely...
Now It’s Prosecutors Who Push Back Hard Against AG Sessions’ “Tough on Crime” Directive
Prosecutorial Objections A week after the release of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’...
How Much Harm Will AG Sessions’ Lock ‘Em Up Memo Do To Sentencing Reform?
Sessions Wants More People in Prison On Friday, May 12, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a...
Does Race Affect Plea Bargaining? A New Study Says YES
Plea Bargains & Race We know that approximately 95 percent of all criminal convictions are the...
US Dept. of Justice Launches Investigation into OC Prosecutorial Misconduct Scandal
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a civil pattern-or-practice investigation...