Taking Kamala Harris Seriously
California Senator Kamala Harris is already emerging as a serious contender in a crowded field of Democratic…
Where Texas Goes Next
HOUSTON, TEXAS—Shortly after 9 p.m., when MSNBC announced that Beto O’Rourke would not be the next senator for the…
Jared Kushner Wants Justice for All the Wrongly Incarcerated White Billionaires
Jared Kushner—a man who both comes from and married into a family of wealthy grifters—has revealed how he got so…
Bill Cosby Sentenced to 3 to 10 Years in Prison
NORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania—Bill Cosby was sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison on Tuesday for the night in 2004…
For Incarcerated Women, Makeup Can Symbolize Their Humanity
Over at Racked, Marien Komar has written a fascinating piece on both the history of contraband cosmetics in prisons…
After Serving 23 Years for a Murder She Didn't Commit, Tyra Patterson Is Free on Parole
Ohio woman Tyra Patterson, the subject of the Guardian’s 2016 three-part look into the flaws of the U.S. criminal…
Woman Charged With Attempted Murder After Shooting Homeless Man Who Allegedly Requested She Move Her Porsche
The Tennessean reported that a 26-year-old Nashville woman named Katie Layne Quackenbush was charged with attempted…
Justice Dept. Revives Widely-Panned Policy Allowing Police to Steal Property From Suspected Criminals
Another lovely day in the bullshit mines.
Man Who Spent 17 Years in Prison Freed After Discovering His Doppelganger
In 1999, Richard Anthony Jones was given a mandatory sentence of 19 years after a witness identified him as one of…
Sessions Reverses Policy, Orders Prosecutors to Pursue the Most 'Serious, Readily Provable' Offenses
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, busy as he is with baldly involving himself in an investigation he is supposed to be…
Chelsea Manning Will Be Released from Prison Next Week
Here’s a bit of good news to help you contend with most of the bad: Chelsea Manning will be released from prison…
President Obama Grants 330 Commutations on His Last Full Day in Office
Here is a last gasp of good news from the Obama administration, something nice to go out with before all the bad: on…
Chelsea Manning Receives Commutation From President Obama, Will Be Freed In Just Five Months
In a breaking, staggering bit of good news, President Obama has commuted the prison sentence of former Army…
The Story of the 16-Year-Old Who Died in Custody After Being Arrested for Arguing With Her Mother
On a Saturday evening last January, Gynnya McMillen was staying at her mother’s apartment complex in Shelbyville, a…
Justice Department Announces It Will Begin Phasing Out Private Prisons In the United States
The Justice Department is planning to end the use of private prisons in the United States, the Washington Post reports.…
Study Finds the Number of Women Held in Local Jails Has Grown 'Exponentially'
The latest available statistics from the Justice Department document 1 in 36 adults, or 6,851,000 people, as having…
Court Overturns Conviction of Making a Murderer's Brendan Dassey
The murder conviction of Brendan Dassey, one of the defendants depicted in Netflix’s documentary series Making a Murder,…
Report: Shockingly, State Court Judges Are Very White and Very Male
For all the excitement over the opening of new seats on the Supreme Court, little attention is paid to the makeup of…
How Dean Strang and Jerry Buting Are Making Criminal Justice Reform Sexy
There is something uniquely odd about sitting in a theater of good-looking, affluent young people applauding the idea…
Second Pennsylvania Judge Steps Down Over Pornographic Emails
Pennsylvania politics have been plagued by a convoluted series of backstabbing and retaliation, most recently concerned…