A two-part report published on Monday by the Wren Collective, a group of former public defenders who do criminal justice research and policy, found that in most Harris County, Texas cases ending... Read more »
A Colorado family whose daughter has struggled with schizoaffective disorder, bi-polar disorder and depression since she was a child says that the state’s criminal justice system is the best option for securing... Read more »
Each year for the past three years, the LexisNexis African Ancestry Network LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation Fellowship has awarded fellowships to promising law students to participate in research projects related to... Read more »
The NYPD is spending $390 million on a new radio system that will encrypt officers’ communication, denying the public and press access to police dispatches for the first time in more than... Read more »
An instagram video that went viral over the last week appears to show an NYPD officer in a cruiser using a homophobic slur over the intercom of an NYPD cruiser, saying: “Suck... Read more »
The Adnan Syed murder case in Maryland illustrates systemic problems in the American criminal justice system. A March 28, 2023 decision by the Appellate Court of Maryland (previously the Special Court of... Read more »