Category Archives: Criminal Justice Reform
The Perils of a Traffic Stop and Injustice of Qualified Immunity
THE PERILS OF A TRAFFIC STOP The Stanford Open Policing Project (SOPR) reports that police conduct 50,000 traffic stops daily. These traffic stops result…
The Pandemic and Prison
A little more than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, a picture is emerging as to the effect the pandemic has had on the…
The Costs of Wrongful Convictions and Incarceration
As of April 1, 2022, the National Registry of Exonerations (NRE) reported 3,050 exonerations in the U.S. since 1989. These cases represent 26,700 lost…
Punishment: When is it Cruel and Unusual?
The death penalty is the ultimate punishment imposed in the American criminal justice system. One hundred eight countries have completely abolished the death penalty,…
Criminal Justice Reforms Face Political Fear Mongering
In March of 2021, Virginia’s Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam signed a Democratic-sponsored legislative bill into law that repealed the state’s death penalty—the 23rd such…
The Tragedy of H. Rap Brown and the Legacy of Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
He was born Hubert Gerold Brown. He would become known as H. Rap Brown. He evolved into Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin. His name became…
No Knock Warrants, License to Kill
There are essentially two kinds of warrants that allow the police to search a residence in pursuit of a criminal suspect or in connection…
Corruption in HPD Narcotics Unit Continues to Reverberate
On January 28, 2019, the Houston Police Department staged a militarized “no-knock” raid on a residence at 7815 Harding Street. The raid became infamously…
Failure to Disclose Favorable Evidence Demands Reversal of Rodney Reed Conviction
Prosecutors in Texas have a long history of suppressing what is known as “ Brady material ” to secure criminal convictions. This kind of…
Incoherence in Criminal Sentencing
The core purpose of a criminal sentence is to hold a wrongdoer accountable for their unlawful actions. Underlying purposes of sentencing can be deterrence…
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