The legislature has made dramatic reforms to our criminal justice system over the past several years—limiting monetary bail, increasing the discovery obligations of prosecutors, reducing incarceration ...

We often see reports in the media or directly from law enforcement about people being arrested and held in jail with a bond amount or released after a period of time. I would guess that often citizens ...

Ralph is a professor of anthropology and public affairs at Princeton University. His book SITO: An American teenager and the City that Failed Him, is out now from Grand Central Publishing It was dark ...

The Fair Trial Act and the principle of innocence clearly states the legal system. For people with criminal charges, the process may appear complex and intimidating. This is the very same place where ...

A version of this study was originally published on June 10. We previously used the term “racial conspiracy theories” as an editorial shorthand to describe a complex and mixed set of findings. By ...

The sense of what is fair is an ingrained sensibility that human beings have naturally from childhood. Even children can be heard to call out, “that’s not fair!” Fairness is also a basic American ...

Have you ever wondered what it takes to fundamentally improve safety, justice and fairness in South Carolina’s criminal justice system? The short answer is, it’s complicated. However, it is not an ...

The unprecedented criminal conviction of former President Trump has opened a dark chapter in the history of America's criminal justice system, according to several legal experts. A New York jury on ...

The study found the mentally ill are swept up by low-level criminal offenses and kept in state hospitals too long, confirming ...

The Taraba State Ministry of Justice, in partnership with development organizations, has begun developing guidelines for the implementation of plea ...