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US Attorney General Merrick Garland places a moratorium on scheduling federal executions
On Thursday, July 1, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Attorney General Merrick...
Troubling Rise in Jail Deaths Nationally, While U.S. Jail Population Becomes More Female
In a new report by the Prison Policy Initiative, research analyst Leah Wang, points to recently...
Do Threats, Extortion, & Ongoing Failure-to-Cooperate Make Civilian Oversight of the LA Sheriff’s Department Completely Impossible?
"The list of lawful orders that the sheriff has disobeyed gets longer every day," said a very...
The U.S. Supremes will decide whether or not to hear three significant cases having to do with sentencing reform
Sunday, Douglas A. Berman at Sentencing, Law, and Policy reminded those of us who are watching...
How Federal policy has failed to protect Indigenous women
U.S. attorneys prosecuted about 60% of crimes reported on Indian reservations; 65% of the cases...
Happy Juneteenth!
On this first Juneteenth since it officially became a federal holiday, we chose the irreplaceable...
Op-Ed: The Case for Defunding the Police & What That Really Means
Crisis responders use de-escalation tactics and peer support to resolve conflict, instead of guns...
Op-Ed: She Reached Out for Help and Got Her Kids Taken Away
She told the officers the truth. Yes, she had survived multiple instances of domestic violence from...
AG Merrick Garland Restores Asylum for Women, Families, and others Facing Domestic Violence, Gangs, & Similar Threats
On Wednesday, June 16, Attorney General Merrick Garland took what justice advocates are calling...