Criminal Justice

How Creating a Market for Safety Could Save Lives

By The Aspen Institute

Policing My Hometown Is a Labor of Love

By Dan Perez / Zocalo Public Square

We Need a Code of Ethics to Govern Digital Forensics

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Why Democrats are Struggling With Black Lives Matter

By Alex Altman
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Former Prisoners Applaud College Assistance Program

Glenn Martin knows exactly the kind of difference getting an education can make for a person behind bars. When Martin was 23, he was sentenced to six years in prison for robbery. That time, he...

By Maya Rhodan

Prisoners Could Soon Be Eligible for College Grants

Education Secretary Arne Duncan hinted recently that administration is “developing experimental sites” that would make Pell Grants available to prisoners

By Maya Rhodan

Bland Told Jailer of a Previous Suicide Attempt

Bland indicated she had attempted suicide at least once in the past year

By Tanya Basu

Criminal Justice Reform Gets an Agenda

But specifics are a casualty of the search for consensus

By Alex Altman

Sympathy (of a Sort) for Aaron Hernandez

How should a civilized society punish its monsters?

By Jeffrey Kluger

Nearly 1,000 Alleged Gang Members Arrested

Of those arrested, 913 were charged with criminal offenses

By Kevin McSpadden

The Strange Story of the Man Who Chose Execution By Firing Squad

How Gary Gilmore's 1977 execution came to pass

By Lily Rothman

How Memory Links the Presidency, Ferguson and the Cosby Mess

The human brain forgets much more than it remembers, and that has an impact on history, criminal justice and more

By Jeffrey Kluger

Hong Kong Police Arrested Over Beating

Attack was captured by local TV news crew

By Per Liljas

What John Grisham Got Right About Child Pornography

There is clearly something wrong with a justice system in which people who look at images of child rape can be punished more severely than people who rape children

By Jacob Sullum

Obama Nominates Vanita Gupta to Be Civil Rights Chief

Gupta has been praised for her ability to bring opposing parties together in matters of criminal justice and civil rights.

By Maya Rhodan

How to Predict Future Criminals

An interactive demonstration of how the justice system uses data to determine the length of prison sentences

By Chris Wilson

Reduced Drug Sentences Could Affect 46,000 Prisoners

Those already behind bars could have their sentences reduced by more than two years

By Maya Rhodan

From Big House to White House: Ex-Convicts To Be Honored By Obama Administration

The White House will honor 14 champions for change on prisoner reentry Monday

By Maya Rhodan

Obama Talks Dope to Reach Youth and Push Reform

Part 'cool factor' and part cautionary tale, Obama talks about his drug-using past.

By Maya Rhodan and Zeke J Miller

Holder Backs Plan to Reduce Drug Sentences for Non-Violent Offenders

Attorney General Eric Holder formally supports new sentencing guidelines that could mean a swifter exit for low-level offenders currently serving time

By Maya Rhodan
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