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"So let's call this what it is, opportunities for me, but not for thee," said Congresswoman Crockett of Republicans' D.C.…
Trump's remarks on Monday signal an escalation of an unprecedented (and likely illegal) proposal to deport U.S. citizens.
Georgia remains one of 11 states without a law to compensate the wrongfully convicted, forcing exonerees to navigate a political…
The Supreme Court’s recent treatment of capital cases is rife with disregard for systemic racial discrimination.
Biden's historic commutation of death row inmates will not include prisoners who committed terrorism and hate-motivated murders.
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a criminal justice overhaul does not apply to thousands of low-level drug dealers.
A new film tells the story of Kemba Smith, a young Black woman who was a victim of the war…
Biden commuted the sentences of 11 non-violent drug offenders and pardoned thousands for simple possession and use of marijuana.
U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts unveiled a bill that aims to grant incarcerated persons the right to vote.
How to interpret the conjunction "and" has prompted a complicated legal fight that lands in the Supreme Court on Oct. 2.
Atkinson, co-founder and co-director of Forward Justice, is fighting to give currently and formerly incarcerated people a second chance.
Donald Trump and his supporters may need some advice after they recently discovered America’s criminal justice system might be a…
U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley reintroduced the Justice for Incarcerated Moms Act to protect Black women's mental and physical health behind…
A recent federal survey showed that 70% of people held in jails across the country had not been convicted and…
Lamar Johnson's case calls attention to eyewitness identification procedures, which have been shown to often reproduce racial biases.
Alabama wants to execute prisoners with a new, untested method of capital punishment called nitrogen hypoxia.
The DOJ is considering whether to seek the death penalty against the Buffalo suspect accused of murdering 10 African Americans.
Black defendants charged with felonies are frequently ordered to pay double the amount of bail as whites accused of the…
Donna Hylton's organization plans to provide transitional housing to dozens of women and empower them to be change agents in…
Four inmates say the Washington County Detention Center and its doctor gave them the drug to treat COVID-19 without their…