Legal Battle Looms Ahead of Arkansas Executions
March 28, 2017
The state with some of the highest incarceration rates ranks second to last for crime and corrections.
Chelsea Manning Is a Traitor and Shouldn’t Have Been Released, Trump Tweets
Jan. 26, 2017
The president did not take kindly to Manning’s criticism of President Obama.
Trump Should Preserve Obama's Criminal Justice Reform Legacy
Dec. 16, 2016
The only way Donald Trump can decrease crime is to also focus on criminal justice reform.
Cory Booker: Time Running Out for Sentencing Reform
Dec. 1, 2016
Despite bipartisan support, overhaul legislation faces long odds in a lame-duck Congress – and even longer odds in a Trump administration, the New Jersey senator says.
There's No National Crime Wave – Here's Why
Nov. 23, 2016
Innovative conservative solutions beyond mass incarceration are keeping crime rates low.
President Obama Must Use Clemency Power Before Donald Trump Takes Office
Nov. 15, 2016
Obama should direct the DOJ to commute the sentences of low-level drug offenders before Trump takes office.
Death Penalty, Gun Control Win Big in Ballot Measures
Nov. 9, 2016
Even as voters reasserted their support for capital punishment, they also backed other criminal justice reforms.
What the Wells Fargo Scandal Teaches Us About Deterring White-Collar Crime
Nov. 2, 2016
Can we discourage white collar crime without jailing the criminal?
It's Time for States to Abolish Money Bail, Which Preys on the Poor
Oct. 19, 2016
Sixty percent of jail inmates are there simply because they're too poor to afford bail.
US Schools Are Treating Black Students Like Criminals
Aug. 9, 2016
Punitive school policies are funneling children – especially African-Americans – out of the classroom and into jail cells.