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 ...

Criminal justice policy should consider the impact of adverse childhood experiences on individuals' lives. While proving a direct causal link between childhood trauma and adult crime is difficult in ...

Leah Nowotarski, chair of criminal justice section of the New York State Defenders Association. Courtesy photo. The Criminal Justice Section has been instrumental in advocating changes in criminal law ...

Katie Mulvaney has covered state and federal courts, and criminal justice for the past decade at The Providence Journal and is a member of the Journal's investigative team. The New England Newspaper & ...

Last week, President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 federal inmates. The administration bragged that it was the largest single-day granting of clemency in American history. But a ...

The Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center is pictured on Sept. 4, 2024. The Douglas County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council has adopted a new three-year strategic plan focusing on ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Tuesday that would overhaul how youth who commit crimes are prosecuted in the District of Columbia as congressional Republicans mobilized behind ...