A new class at the University of Wisconsin Law School aims to teach students about the perspectives of different people who ...

Termaine Hicks, who was exonerated after spending 18 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, will share his ...

The Marshall Project, a Pulitzer Prize-winning nonprofit news organization dedicated to covering the U.S. criminal justice system, is thrilled to announce a generous challenge from its board chair, ...

Proposition 57, passed in 2016, was intended to reduce overcrowding in California prisons and incentivize rehabilitation, but ...

Kwame Kilpatrick says he knows what it's like to feel forgotten in the criminal justice system. Now, he's turning to artificial intelligence to help others find a way forward. Why it matters: The ...

BISMARCK — He hasn’t been on the job for 60 days, but Gov. Kelly Armstrong is already promoting policies that he says will make North Dakota a better place to live, work and raise a family. WDAY News ...

As complex discussions around youth-involved crimes continue across the state, the Maryland Office of the Public Defender hosted a session titled “In Defense of Us – Championing for Children: ...

It was all smiles among President Donald Trump, criminal justice reform advocates, law enforcement representatives, and a bipartisan group of legislators in the Oval Office in 2018. Trump, who ...

Under the Miami-Dade Criminal Mental Health Project, recidivism plummeted. Miami-Dade County Judge Steve Leifman has just stepped down from the bench after 30 years. He’s internationally known for ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick speaks during a press conference about bail reform at the Texas Capitol Feb. 12, 2025. Patrick is calling on the Texas Legislature to pass bills and constitutional amendments that ...

A recent letter to the editor urged Oregon legislators to make it even easier for people to erase or “expunge” their juvenile criminal records, (“Readers respond: Expungement can lead to real justice ...

The World Justice Project (WJP) is an independent, multidisciplinary organisation working to create knowledge, build ...