Category Archives: Criminal Justice Reform
False Testimony Is Legitimate Basis For The Death Penalty in Texas
There are roughly 2.3 million people incarcerated in the U.S. prison system. In 2018, the Chicago Tribune reported that anywhere from 2 to 10…
Reforming Criminal Justice in Our Country Starts with These Two Laws
The release of thousands of unjustly jailed citizens, an end to solitary confinement, a ban on private prisons, and raising the bar on prosecutorial…
Former Prosecutor Tries to Fend Off Serious Misconduct Charges
In 2003, three men were indicted for capital murder in connection with the April 3rd murders of two people during an attempted robbery of…
Bail Reform Gets Yet Another Boost
The nation’s bail bonds industry is a $2 billion-plus enterprise—an enterprise that in many respects borders on being criminal. The wealth of the industry…
Cruel and Unusual Justice: A Surging American Phenomenon
The criminal justice system in America is often blind to injustice and, more often than not, cruel and unusual. As of 2017, the Sentencing…
Rigged Police Lineups Lead to Wrongful Convictions
As of this writing, there have been 2,481 exonerations in the United States since 1989—nearly 400 of them through DNA exoneration. Roughly 35 percent…
“THE PROMISE OF GIDEON REMAINS UNFULFILLED”
In a rare unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court in 1963 handed down the landmark decision known as Gideon v. Wainwright . The decision…
Hate Crime Prosecutions Decline During Trump Administration
Congress passed the Michael Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. § 249) in 2009. The FBI reports there were…
Bail Reform Finds Hope in Historic Court Settlement
The Harris County money bail system has been historically corrupt, favoring wealth over poverty. If an arrested suspect had money, they could post bail…
The Trump Administration Resurrects the Federal Death Penalty
In a July 25, 2019 press release, the U.S. Justice Department (“DOJ”) announced that Attorney General William P. Barr has directed the U.S. Bureau…
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