The Committee on Law and Justice will convene an ad hoc committee to review and assess existing evidence on how observed racial differences in criminal justice might be reduced through public policy.

The Race and Justice Lab (RJL), in collaboration with RIT's Center for Public Safety Initiatives, uses social science and other disciplinary research methods to explicate the impact of the criminal ...

Racial and social justice remains a cornerstone of liberal philosophy and activism. As we live through another terrifying four years with President Trump in the now-excessively gaudy and overgilded ...

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said a new policy asking her prosecutors to consider the racial identity of defendants is constitutional and a necessary corrective to address unconscious bias ...

A correction to an earlier version of this article has been appended to the end of the article. SAN JOSE — When an appellate court overturned the 2020 rape conviction of former San Francisco 49ers ...

Immigration Matters is a recurring series by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández that analyzes the court’s immigration docket, highlighting emerging legal questions about new policy and enforcement ...

The Social Justice Institute will host an evening of conversation concerning the hidden costs and long-term economic implications of incarceration. Tim Black, co-director of the Social Justice ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Attorneys are seeking shorter prison terms for 18 California inmates, citing “gross racial disparities” in how ...

The department’s civil rights division said it was investigating the Hennepin County prosecutor’s office over a policy telling staff members to be mindful of “racial disparities” in plea negotiations.

The screaming woman who was filmed being pulled from her car by ICE agents in Minneapolis has been identified as a tech guru and LGBT and racial justice activist who describes herself as a “friendly ...