Colorado Bill Aims to Register 10,000 Parolees to Vote
A Colorado bill encouraging 10,000 parolees to vote passed the House Committee on State, Veterans and Military Affairs on Thursday.
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Arrestees Claim NYPD Uses Data From Sealed Cases
A group of black and Latino men anonymously filed a class action Tuesday claiming the New York City Police Department illegally kept and accessed their sealed arrest reports even though they were never convicted.
Read moreJudge Grants Oil Pipeline Protesters Use of Necessity Defense
Protesters who face criminal charges for attempting to shut down two oil pipelines are allowed to present a “necessity defense,” a Minnesota Court of Appeals judge ruled Monday.
Read moreMeek Mill Kept in Jail as DA Calls for Rapper’s Retrial
Meek Mill, a rapper whose imprisonment has served as a lightning rod for protests against the criminal-justice system in Philadelphia, will get a new trial, prosecutors said Monday.
Read moreRights in Criminal Proceedings Tightened Across EU
Taken for granted in the United States, people across the European Union now enjoy the presumption of innocence and the rights to remain silent and be present at criminal proceedings after new rules took effect this week.
Read moreTennessee City Finalizes Memorial to Lynching Victim & Pioneering Lawyers
On the 112th anniversary of a lynching that led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s only criminal trial, the group behind a public art installation remembering a black man killed by a mob announced the finalist Monday for the memorial that will stand near where he died.
Read moreGeorgians Take On Criminal-Justice Reform With Auction of Inmate Art
In a state with the country’s lowest literacy rates and largest prison populations, lawmakers and nonprofit workers gathered at an auction block in downtown Atlanta last week to change that narrative.
Read moreHigh Court Signals Ruling Against Feds on Error Standard
An immigrant who was sentenced for illegal re-entry based on a miscalculated recommendation courted sympathy Wednesday from the Supreme Court.
Read moreCriminal-Justice-Reform Bill Headed to Uncertain Future
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved a broad, bipartisan criminal justice reform bill, sending it to an uncertain future before the full Senate.
Read moreCornyn Sees No Way Forward for Sweeping Criminal-Justice Reform
Senator John Cornyn, R-Texas, the number two-ranking Republican in the U.S. Senate, said Thursday he does not see a path forward during the Trump administration for a sweeping bipartisan criminal justice reform bill a being prepared for consideration next week.
Read moreNinth Circuit: California Immigrants Cannot be Deported for Carjacking
A prior conviction for carjacking in California can no longer serve as the sole basis for deporting an immigrant with legal permanent resident status, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Monday.
Read moreAs Crime Surges in Baltimore, Sessions Backs Immigration Actions
Attracting protesters to his appearance in Baltimore, Attorney General Jeff Sessions railed against the Salvadoran street gang MS-13 on Tuesday and warned Americans of a crime wave.
Read moreRomania’s National Day Exposes Divisions Over Justice System
Thousands of troops staged a military parade Friday to celebrate Romania’s national day, but key politicians didn’t attend, signaling tensions between the president and the ruling left-wing coalition over plans to revamp the country’s justice system.
Read moreMassachusetts House Embraces Criminal-Justice Reform
Efforts to reform the Massachusetts criminal-justice system cleared another hurdle as the state House passed an omnibus bill on the heels of a version passed by the Senate.
Read moreNational Fund Will Help Bail Defendants Out of Jail
A national effort is launching to help low-income defendants get out of jail by bailing them out as their criminal cases progress through the courts.
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Slow Motion on Bail Reform Nets California a ‘D’ on Pretrial Justice
California’s sluggishness on bail reform has earned the state a failing grade in pretrial justice, according to a report released Wednesday by the nonprofit Pretrial Justice Institute.
Read moreCalifornia Justice Reforms Give Hope to Youthful Offenders
Governor Jerry Brown on Wednesday signed a criminal justice reform package focused on reducing juvenile sentences and recidivism in California, drawing applause from civil rights groups and celebrity activists.
Read moreHyping Violent-Crime Crisis, Sessions Renews Gang Focus
Deflecting calls for tighter gun control in the wake of the country’s deadliest mass shooting, Attorney General Jeff Sessions unveiled new anti-crime measures Thursday geared toward the administration’s anti-gang focus.
Read moreSenators Start Bipartisan Push for Criminal Justice Reform
A bipartisan group of senators reintroduced a sweeping criminal justice reform bill on Wednesday, reviving a legislative package that had broad support but never received a vote in the last Congress.
Read moreCrime in Decline: Study Shreds White House Rhetoric
Violent and nonviolent crime continued to drop in the United States this year, new research shows, splashing cold water on political scaremongering.
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