The new short film Criminal highlights the injustices of the criminal legal system with a look at how for-profit bail preys ...

What do we mean by justice? According to Wikipedia, justice is the idea individuals should be treated fairly. Under the U.S.

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But it misses a much bigger public safety issue — one that both sides should agree is a problem: how rarely serious offenders are caught in the first place. Policymakers typically look to harsher ...

Influenced by economic, social and environmental factors, criminal behaviour is a complex phenomenon. Academics across disciplines as varied as sociology, geography, mathematics and psychology work to ...

President Donald Trump wants to eliminate “cashless bail” in the nation’s capital and across the country. But what exactly does that mean, and what is the controversy all about? “Cashless bail” is a ...

The Federal Criminal Justice Clinic is the nation’s first legal clinic devoted to representing low-income clients charged ...

ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official ...

A Texas mom and National Guard member is suing the Army to clear her name — and upend the military justice system, The War ...

Senior department officials who were defense lawyers for the president and those in his orbit are now in jobs that typically ...

What a travesty,” one ethics lawyer said. “The ethical conflict is just so basic and fundamental, you don’t need a law ...