Criminals are being released, undertrial rates have seen a significant rise, vacancy of judges in courts leading to pending cases struggles in silence as the authorities duel instead of finding a solution. According to the top court the government has been “sitting on files” relating to the appointment of judges cleared by the collegium. Keeping in mind the huge pendency of cases the supreme court has been taking the government to task for holding back appointments of judges yet no action is taken by the government. A verbal rift between th ...
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When Donald Trump clinched the Republican Party’s nomination for the presidency in March, he was facing felony charges in four separate cases. Since then, the ex-president was convicted in one case, of falsifying business records, a verdict now in limbo because of a Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. The high court’s ruling raised questions over the viability of two more of the prosecutions against Trump — one brought by the Justice Department and another by the state of Georgia, both for conspiring to overturn his 2020 electi ...
This book explores practical examples of co-production in criminal justice research and practice. Through a series of seven case studies, the authors examine what people do when they co...
Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law p o l i c y r e p o r t TRANSITION 2020–2021 A Federal Agenda for Criminal Justice Reform By Ram Subramanian, Lauren-Brooke...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday the chamber is ready to take a vote on criminal justice reform. Here's what's in the bill.
India News: The government withdrew the criminal justice bills from Parliament and will redraft and reintroduce them after incorporating recommendations from the
Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the majority in a 6-3 decision, overturned a lower court's ruling that had denied Trump's claim of immunity from federal criminal charges related to...