What a Kamala Harris-Tim Walz ticket could mean for criminal justice reform

Vice President Harris's pick this week of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz further solidifies a focus on their records on criminal justice -- for better or worse.

Time limits for trials were meant to speed up justice. They've also halted hundreds of criminal cases | C....

surrounded criminal trials." He said cases were stayed for unreasonable delays before this case, but Jordan established new thresholds. "There's just a greater confidence in the justice...

What the Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referrals against Trump mean - The Washingt

On Monday, the House select committee investigating the events around Jan. 6, 2021, is expected to make criminal referrals to the Justice Department.

Guest Commentary: Criminal justice reform doesn’t mean being soft on crime

The facts are clear: The United States has 5 percent of the world’s population but almost 25 percent of the world’s prisoners. With more than 2 million people in jails and prisons, the U.S. leads the industrialized world in both incarceration rates and total numbers. In addition, prisons have become the default accommodation for people with mental illness and drug addictions, and treatment is minimal. Not surprisingly, recidivism rates are extremely high: Close to half of the people released...

Released From Prison Again, After Criminal Justice Reform Became Law

Matthew Charles served two decades in prison, was released, but then was resentenced and sent back to prison for another decade. The new criminal justice reform law means he can be released again.

Revealed: How 'racial bias' at the heart of criminal justice system means black

Review by Labour MP David Lammy finds ‘overt discrimination’ against ethnic minority individuals in the criminal justice system

What the loss of the New York police museum means for criminal-justice reform - The Washington Post

Made by History About Made by History and Contact What the loss of the New York police museum means for criminal-justice reform Without historical records, we lose key insights into how law...

Walmart.org Center for Racial Equity Update: Advancing Equity in Criminal Justice

Being raised in Southwest Detroit in the 1990s, I could define the relationship between the community and the criminal justice system in one word: traumatic. Growing up, I saw that each father, bro...

We're Underfunding the Police

Improving our criminal-justice system means spending the requisite money to address America’s horrific and long-standing problem with criminal violence.

Criminal Justice Reform | Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism

Why Should Jews Care? ; Maimonides lists five transgressions for which people do not repent. One of them is mistakenly suspecting an innocent person of doing wrong. One will justify his suspicion by saying, “I haven't sinned. What did I do to harm that person?” He doesn't realize that he commits a sin by considering an innocent person a transgressor (Hilchot T'shuvah 4:3). The racial bias in the criminal justice system means that, all too often, people of color face a presumption of guilt for crimes they did not commit. ...