Category Archives: Criminal Justice Reform
Being a Young Black Man in America is a Capital Offense
The Guardian reported in December 2015 that 1,134 black men were killed by the police in the United States of America that year—a rate…
Border Patrol Gets Away with Murder in “Constitution-Free” Zone
It started out as a kids’ game sometime after 2003: Mexican kids, some of whom were teenagers, are known to gather at concrete culverts…
Bail Reform: Time for Presumption of Release and Elimination of Money Bail
The right to bail in this country was firmly planted by the Framers in the original Bill of Rights: the Eighth Amendment of the…
Mark “Hoss” Cowden: Portrait of Bad Cop
Mark A. Cowden was a bad cop long before he assaulted an arrestee, Ryan Hamrick, on January 27, 2015. He spent twenty-six years with…
Civil Asset Forfeiture Under Fire—AG Not Listening
Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, nicknamed “Buddy” as a kid growing up in Hybart, Alabama, got his law degree from the University of Alabama in 1973.…
Trial Judge’s Tolerance of Prosecutorial Misconduct Unacceptable
There are two safeguards against prosecutorial misconduct during a criminal trial: a good defense attorney and an impartial trial judge. Both failed Frederick Michael…
Racist Juror Casts Dark Shadow Over Death Penalty Case
The n-word has a long, sordid history in this country. The African-American Registry says that, “Nigger is one of the most notorious words in…
Poor Communities in the Line of Fire
Donald J. Trump is the “lyingiest” president in the history of the United States—and he earned that distinction in less than eleven months in…
Police Misconduct Leads to Mass Exoneration
The Chicago Police Department (CPD) is one of the oldest modern police forces in the world. Perhaps that explains the department long history of…
“Fuck Trump” Window Sticker Causes Sheriff to Forget the Constitution
Karen Fonseca is a 46-year-old resident of Fort Bend County, Texas. She does not like President Donald Trump, and pretty much has the same…
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