At first glance, the criminal code appears to be a typical legal framework. But the state’s goal is not to protect citizens, ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Peter Moskos, a John Jay College of Criminal Justice professor and former cop, about what went wrong when a federal agent killed a nurse in Minneapolis.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Fed board of governors member Lisa Cook faced a choice ahead of this week’s Supreme ...

One year into the president’s second term, America risks losing a central feature of our democracy: that we are a country ...

Kathleen Hartnett, the attorney for a transgender student-athlete, was unable to define what a woman is when questioned by Justice Samuel Alito during Supreme Court oral arguments on Tuesday over ...

Explore how laws are created, applied, interpreted and enforced across the justice system, and also examine how those decisions affect individuals, communities and society as a whole. Rowan’s online ...

A decade ago, New Jersey voters overwhelmingly voted to change the state constitution to eliminate cash bail. The ballot question was simple, but what we voted on was complicated. Whether you knew it ...

Now that Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has thrown in with current NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, the media spotlight has shifted away from his public safety agenda. But while his embrace of Tisch ...

(The Hague) – Member countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should intensify efforts to protect the court and human rights groups campaigning for justice from attack, Human Rights Watch ...

A mother’s grief turned to vengeance. In a packed courtroom, Marianne Bachmeier took justice into her own hands. This is the chilling true story of Germany’s most infamous vigilante. Kansas mayor hit ...

The new short film Criminal highlights the injustices of the criminal legal system with a look at how for-profit bail preys on the poor and mentally ill. We’re joined by three contributors to the film ...