Chinese Digital Courts: A Brave New World
Artificial-intelligence judges, cyber courts, and verdicts delivered on chat apps — welcome to China’s brave new world of justice.
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Federal Judge Mulls Over Ankle-Monitoring Extortion Case
A federal judge will soon decide whether a whittled-down lawsuit over exorbitant ankle-monitoring fees in Alameda County will go to trial early next year.
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Six Times as Many Black Men in Prison as Whites
Racial disparities have narrowed across the U.S. criminal justice system over 16 years, though black people are still significantly more likely to be behind bars than whites, new federal figures show.
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Appeals Court Rules California Must Restructure Parole Process
California’s struggle to implement sweeping criminal justice reforms continued Tuesday as a state appeals court ruled that corrections officials’ handling of early parole requests by inmates doing time for nonviolent crimes violates a 2016 voter-approved measure.
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New San Francisco DA’s Win Sets Up Tension With Police
San Francisco’s new district attorney is the latest in a string of big-city chief prosecutors to win the office by promising sweeping reforms and a shift away from the traditional law and order punitive approach to criminal justice issues.
Read moreTheme Parks Linked to Increased Crime Risk in Neighborhoods: Study
Tourists and families spent more than $40 billion on theme parks last year, but according to new research released Tuesday, the areas around the parks are more likely to suffer from higher crime rates.
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Trump Vows to Be ‘Loyal Champion’ of Police at Chicago Meeting
President Donald Trump blasted Chicago leaders as being weak on crime and compared violence in the nation’s third largest city to war conditions in Afghanistan during remarks at a law enforcement conference Monday.
Read moreDemocrats Pledge Criminal Justice Reform at South Carolina Forum
Top Democratic presidential candidates revealed similar ideas for rebuilding America’s criminal justice system that they said places a disproportionate amount of black Americans in prison during a forum in South Carolina Saturday.
Read moreEx-Worker Says Oklahoma Prosecutor Ordered Illegal Probe
A former investigator for an Oklahoma prosecutor has accused his ex-boss of ordering an illegal investigation into supporters of criminal-justice reform, then firing him when he failed to find any wrongdoing.
Read moreTrump Touts Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform in South Carolina
Speaking at a forum on criminal-justice reform in South Carolina, President Donald Trump said Friday that a sweeping overhaul he signed into law last year was the result of putting “the interests of our citizens before the interest of any political party.”
Read moreSan Francisco Voters to Decide DA Race, Ballot Measures in November
A tax on Uber and Lyft rides, repealing a ban on e-cigarette sales, borrowing money for affordable housing and the city’s future approach to criminal justice are just a few tough choices San Francisco voters must make this Election Day.
Read morePrisons Chief Pledges to Implement Criminal-Justice Reform
The head of the Bureau of Prisons on Thursday reaffirmed the Trump administration’s commitment to implementing the landmark criminal-justice bill signed into law last year, even as reform advocates raised concerns about how some of the law’s key provisions are taking shape.
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California Governor Signs Bevy of Criminal Justice Bills
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a flurry of criminal justice reforms Tuesday evening, including measures that bar law enforcement from using facial recognition software in body cameras, speed up the expungement process and end certain sentencing enhancements.
Read moreRikers Critics Want More Teeth in Jail-Replacement Plan
Several New York City councilmembers are expected to introduce bills Wednesday related to replacing the notorious Rikers Island penal complex, and they’re already facing pushback.
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Harris Vows to End Death Penalty, Money Bail as President
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris took aim Monday at the criminal justice system with her latest campaign plank, proposing to eliminate cash bail, private prisons and the death penalty.
Read moreBill to Restore Vote to California Parolees Clears Assembly Hurdle
Thousands of parolees could regain the right to vote under a criminal-justice bill approved Thursday by California lawmakers.
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Ben & Jerry’s: Criminal Justice Reform Through Ice Cream
Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s has unveiled a new flavor to highlight what it calls structural racism and a broken criminal justice system.
Read moreWarren Touts Accountability & Outreach for Criminal-Justice Reform
U.S. Senator and 2020 presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren introduced a new policy plan Tuesday to reduce the country’s mass-incarceration rates, which are the highest in the world.
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Biden Touts Criminal-Justice Reform Ahead of Debates
Former vice president turned 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden released a plan Tuesday to reform the American criminal justice system, emphasizing crime prevention over incarceration a week before the second round of Democratic debates.
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