criminal justice reform

Briefing

Will prison radicalize Jan. 6 rioters?

Rev. Al Sharpton and Vice President Kamala Harris

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Rest in peace

Thousands mourn as Tyre Nichols is laid to rest in Memphis

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Michael Arceneaux

Clemency so little and late

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Johnsplaining

John Oliver explains what really happens in police interrogations

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Alexa Gervasi

Can America's police use pain to make you talk?

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Noah Millman

A defense attorney in a society of cops

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ya big softie

GOP senator asks Jackson if her 'compassion' could lead to 'bad results'

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W. James Antle III

Criminal justice debates turned upside down

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Jeva Lange

The inhumanity of 'haunted jails'

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About-face

Justice Department tentatively embraces body cameras for federal agents

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Trump reportedly thinks Jared Kushner's criminal justice reform act is a 'total dud'

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A bipartisan Pennsylvania bill aims to chip away at the 'perpetual state' of parole violations

President Trump signs the First Step Act

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Trump signs the bipartisan First Step Act

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Trump says he supports rewriting prison and sentencing laws

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California just passed two new laws to hold police officers more accountable

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Kim Kardashian West is negotiating a presidential pardon with Jared Kushner

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The DOJ says it's unconstitutional to detain people only because they're too poor to make bail

The president believes in second chances.

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Obama commutes the sentences of 61 drug offenders

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6 states have restored felons' voting rights. Maryland might be the seventh.

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Cory Booker thinks violent criminals are 'worthy of redemption'

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criminal justice reform

criminal justice reform

Will prison radicalize Jan. 6 rioters?

Thousands mourn as Tyre Nichols is laid to rest in Memphis

Clemency so little and late

John Oliver explains what really happens in police interrogations

Can America's police use pain to make you talk?

A defense attorney in a society of cops

GOP senator asks Jackson if her 'compassion' could lead to 'bad results'

Criminal justice debates turned upside down

The inhumanity of 'haunted jails'

Justice Department tentatively embraces body cameras for federal agents

Trump reportedly thinks Jared Kushner's criminal justice reform act is a 'total dud'

A bipartisan Pennsylvania bill aims to chip away at the 'perpetual state' of parole violations

Trump signs the bipartisan First Step Act

Trump says he supports rewriting prison and sentencing laws

California just passed two new laws to hold police officers more accountable

Kim Kardashian West is negotiating a presidential pardon with Jared Kushner

The DOJ says it's unconstitutional to detain people only because they're too poor to make bail

Obama commutes the sentences of 61 drug offenders

6 states have restored felons' voting rights. Maryland might be the seventh.

Cory Booker thinks violent criminals are 'worthy of redemption'

69 percent of Americans think we imprison way too many people