Category Archives: Criminal Justice Reform

Jan 10 2021

Bail Reform Demands Responsible Political Action

Since 2016, there have been five lawsuits filed in federal courts in Texas alleging equal protection and procedural due process violations concerning bail practices…

Nov 27 2020

Criminal “Justice” System Urgently Needs Reform

The current American criminal justice system has four key components: arrest, prosecution, sentencing, and incarceration. On September 15, 2020, the Brennan Center released areport…

Oct 22 2020

“People’s Sheriff” Troy Nehls is a Bad Cop

Politicians often make their personal and professional records the centerpiece of their campaigns to secure a public office or be reelected to one. In…

Oct 03 2020

Criminal Justice System Haunted by Historical fact and Intentional Design

There has not been a moment since the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1789 that systemic racism has not influenced either the quality or…

Sep 28 2020

Racist Criminal Justice System is Working as Designed

We have posted many, many articles dealing with systemic racism and criminal justice in this country. We have offered news reports, social studies, and…

Sep 18 2020

Justice for Breonna Taylor Remains Incomplete

The brutal March 13, 2020, murder of 26-year-old ER tech Breonna Taylor in her home in Louisville, Kentucky, by local police has become another…

Sep 15 2020

Curtis Flowers Freed After 6 Trials, 23 Years

Curtis Flowers was tried six times for the murders of four people in the small northern Mississippi town of Winona. The murders at the…

Sep 07 2020

Systemic Racism Spawns Young Vigilante Murderer

The term “systemic racism”— defined by NAACP President Derrick Johnson as “system and structures that have procedures or processes that disadvantages African-Americans”—has become an…