Category Archives: Criminal Justice Reform

Right Wing Co-opts “Rogue Prosecutor”

The term “rogue prosecutor” was coined to refer to unethical, even criminal prosecutors who lie, cheat, and engage in every stripe of professional misconduct…

Muslims Continue to be Target of Post 911 Hate, Bigotry

The new Netflix docuseries, American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing, released in anticipation of the first decade anniversary of the April 15, 2013, Boston…

Prosecutorial Misconduct Exposed, Again…

Bad prosecutors are not a new phenomenon. They have existed since the Founders envisioned an adversarial judicial process when forming the United States of…

The Phoenix Police Execution of Jacob Harris

On January 11, 2019, a 19-year-old African American teenager named Jacob Harris was gunned down by law enforcement officers with the Phoenix Police Department…

DOJ Blasts Corrupt Louisville Police Department

THE LOUISVILLE METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT: A ROGUE, OUT-OF-CONTROL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY The circumstances of the tragic March 13, 2020, shooting death of Breonna Taylor…

Muslim Community Remains Target of Hate and Biased Law Enforcement Policy

It seems that hate, and the violence it spawns, are everywhere in American society today: its schools, places of worship, political institutions, and the…

SCORPION, Police “Special” Units Kill Again

The brutal beating and killing of Tyre Nichols on January 7, 2023, by the Scorpion Unit of the Memphis Police Department (“MPD”) reveals the…

Bail Reform Used as Political Bogeyman

Most people involved in the nation’s criminal justice recognize the need for bail reform. However, most Americans, citing the fear of violent crime across…

Creating Accountable, Professional Police in America

American policing is infected with a cynicism towards the very people it is supposed to protect. State and federal law enforcement see the dark,…

Texas’ Solitary Confinement Under Constitutional Scrutiny

The Walnut Street Jail was constructed in Philadelphia in 1773—two years before the start of the American Revolution. It was built, as most jails…

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