Police Body-Worn Cameras (PBCs) are implemented with various policy goals, but most prominently, they are used to reduce police...

On Sept. 30, 2021, President Biden proclaimed October 2021 as National Youth Justice Action Month. In this proclamation, he specified...

When someone perpetrates domestic violence, the solution agreed upon by both parties and the court is often to send the abuser to a...

In June, Gov. Ralph Northam (D-VA) signed Virginia’s newest firearms prohibition into law. The statute prohibits persons convicted of...

The District of Columbia’s 120-year-old criminal code is finally being rewritten. D.C.’s current criminal code dates back to 1901, the...

In March 2017, three male prisoners sued the Louisiana Department of Public Safety Corrections (LDOC) and the wardens at the Louisiana...

While COVID-19 has drastically affected the jail and prison populations across the country, the pandemic has brought one benefit to the...

The right to vote is the cornerstone of American democracy. Historically, however, this right has been systemically restricted to select...

Once a frowned-upon practice thought to impede the truth-seeking function of the justice system, plea bargains have become the system....

Across the country, felons are subjected to varying degrees of voter disenfranchisement depending on where they are incarcerated. In all...

When crime began to touch him and his family more directly, and he watched his mother no longer feel comfortable and safe in her home, this

On Dec. 21, 2021 the D.C. Council rejected an emergency bill aimed at restricting Mayor Bowser’s authority to remove homeless encampments...

...this article concludes that the three key elements of the speech test—advocacy, incitement, imminence—are satisfied.