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The Death of 'Criminal Justice Reform' Dec. 17, 2021
Are there are any other issues confronting our fractious republic that matter if Americans themselve... Read More
Court Affirms 'Qualified Immunity,' Lending New Urgency to Police Reform Laws Oct. 25, 2021
In a disappointing postscript to 2020's summer of racial reckoning, the U.S. Supreme Court this week... Read More
The Death Penalty Remains the Strongest Deterrent to Violent Crime May. 28, 2021
In recent years, many states have moved away from lethal injections for those on death row, and some... Read More
Don't Increase Crime By Ending Cash Bail Mar. 09, 2021
A few nights in jail. That prospect prevents countless Americans from driving drunk, shoplifting, tr... Read More
The Impeachment Process Didn't Bring Justice to Trump. The Court System Could. Feb. 23, 2021
Among Donald Trump's most corrosive actions in office was his repeated call for the imprisonment of ... Read More
The Life Span of the US Death Penalty Just Got Shorter Feb. 13, 2021
The death penalty in the United States is on the verge of being snuffed out. The commonwealth of Vi... Read More
Biden Could Rid America of the Barbaric Practice of Capital Punishment Feb. 12, 2021
For the first time in its history, America has a president who is on record favoring complete abolit... Read More
Democrats Have No Excuse Not to Reform the Criminal Justice System Jan. 28, 2021
Democrats now have the luxury of a unified government. Controlling the House of Representatives, the... Read More
Get Ready for Fights Over Criminal Justice Reform Jan. 23, 2021
In the brand-new year ahead, get ready for some brand-new moves to change the nation's criminal just... Read More
Executing the Intellectually Disabled Is Morally and Legally Indefensible Jan. 22, 2021
The Trump administration carried out 12 federal executions in the administration's final six months,... Read More
Trump and Barr Are Rushing To Execute Inmates Before They Leave Office Dec. 03, 2020
The Trump administration, which carried out a slew of federal executions this year after a 17-year h... Read More
There's a Man in Your Garage Oct. 29, 2020
I live in a nice neighborhood of single-family homes. There's a market down the block where you see ... Read More
Crime, the Police and Reality Sep. 24, 2020
Here's a policing story with a happy ending: Deputies in Deltona, Florida, recently stopped a black ... Read More
Trying to Remember a Murdered Mother Aug. 22, 2020
On or around Sept. 3, Samuel Ayala will walk out of the Fishkill Correctional Facility in Dutchess C... Read More
The Harris Problem Aug. 14, 2020
With the announcement of Sen. Kamala Harris as Joe Biden's vice presidential pick, Democrats and the... Read More
Civil Forfeiture: When Cops Act Like Robbers Jul. 18, 2020
Without accusing him of a crime, police took Robert Reeves' car, his two cellphones and all the cash... Read More
How Police and Prisons Blocked Black Progress Jul. 09, 2020
Thirty years ago, African Americans were on a trajectory toward equality with whites. Civil rights l... Read More
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Citizen's Arrests May. 23, 2020
Nearly every state has a citizen's arrest law allowing civilians to detain someone if they have witn... Read More
Police Abuse Breeds Disrespect: Defensive Official Reactions to Corruption Encourage the Attitude That Troubles the Attorney General Mar. 04, 2020
The day before Attorney General William Barr complained about disrespect for the police, Harris Coun... Read More
Trump's Own Criminal Justice Reform Feb. 23, 2020
For decades, a small cadre of reformers pushed whichever president occupied the Oval Office to use h... Read More
