Cory Booker's Slam Against Joe Biden's Criminal Justice Record Shoveled Some More Dirt on the Old Lock 'Em Up Consensus
The climate of opinion has changed so dramatically that Democrats are politically obliged to support reform.
The climate of opinion has changed so dramatically that Democrats are politically obliged to support reform.
His lawsuit claims the campus's procedures made a mockery of due process.
"I don't think that I deserve to pay $80 for something that is fixable — and I can fix it, if that's all you want me to do."
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"There are people right now in prison for life for drug offenses because you stood up and used that tough-on-crime phony rhetoric."
Chanters demand NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo's firing.
"The bottom line is, when you were in a position to make a difference and an impact in these people's lives, you did not."
It's not politicians' fault that citizens don't respect them.
A school criminalizes a playground injury.
The new law eliminates a loophole that allowed police to continue arresting people for something that was not supposed to be a crime anymore.
Laws criminalizing the act of leaving children in cars are misguided.
In order to fight crime, Americans must...make their data more susceptible to hacking?
In one month, two sheriff's deputies in Florida have been arrested for fabricating drug evidence during traffic stops.
Lamar Johnson is finally getting a new trial.
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We need to leave ourselves room for making good when we inevitably convict the wrong people.
When the cops just want to reward you for "good driving behavior" by giving you a drink coupon, according to a Phoenix TV station.
"If it were my client who behaved as they had, he would be on his way to prison."
Slowly but surely, some of the most glaring problems of our criminal justice system are being addressed.
Evidence from the scene of the disastrous raid seems to contradict the official account.
The case is a perfect example of the overcriminalization of petty crimes.
After two decades of mercy, the Justice Department announces five men on federal death row will face lethal injections this winter.
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This is a bad idea—and even the director of the FBI says so.
It's not always safe, but it's certainly justifiable to sabotage unjust laws and malicious government.
Sen. Cory Booker gives William Underwood as an example of a man "serving a life sentence ... for a nonviolent drug crime he committed in 1988." But "[t]he government's evidence at trial showed that from the 1970's until his arrest in late 1988, Underwood supervised and controlled an extensive and extremely violent narcotics trafficking operation involving a number of murders and conspiracies to murder ...."
Bruce Hay is still serving an indefinite suspension due to the complaints of an insane duo who ensnared him in a paternity scam.
Judges would be permitted to rethink sentences after 10 years have been served, particularly for inmates over the age of 50.
A new study of wrongful convictions shows the problem goes beyond misconduct by police and prosecutors.
Carlson claims the law "allowed hundreds of violent criminals" back on the street. Here's what he didn't tell you.
A breathtaking repudiation of his own legacy on criminal justice
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Superior Court Judge Rochelle East says the warrant violated California law.
The inmate's death is the most recent in a string of fatalities at the Bexar County Jail.
An original movie about sexual trauma doesn't take the easy route.
Many benefit from an increase in "good time" credits and from retroactive reductions in crack cocaine mandatory minimum sentences.
His case reminds us that the misuse of government power is still the biggest threat to liberty.
For the second year in a row, federal prosecutions for sex trafficking of children have dropped.
"No reasonable officer would engage in such recklessness," complains dissenting judge.
A congressman forwarded messages to the Bureau of Prisons from Rick Turner's family begging for his relocation. Two were ignored.
Wednesday marks five years since an officer’s deadly chokehold was captured on video.