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Attorney G. Allen Dale currently practices criminal defense law out of his firm in Washington, D.C., but his interest in the field began...

Crime has always been sensational. True crime books, movies, comics, and podcasts gather huge followings. And while the overwrought prose...

The District of Columbia Council set its first-ever hearing on a bill to legalize the sale of recreational marijuana. Chairman Phil...

For decades, lawmakers have justified “tough on crime” sentencing regimes by invoking the desires of crime survivors, particularly survivors

The mission of Bruckheim & Patel is to remain client-focused and avoid the mentality of a ‘chop shop’ practice. Mr. Bruckheim and Ms. Patel

The United States is the only country in the world that sentences children under the age of eighteen to life imprisonment. Juvenile life...

In the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd, protests erupted in cities across the United States with the goal of reforming American pol

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was originally published in print under the title, "Arrested Development: The Case for Eliminating the...

“[H]orse trading determines who goes to jail and for how long. That is what plea bargaining is. It is not some adjunct to the criminal...

The criminalization of mental illness has become increasingly common in the United States. A disproportionate number of mentally-ill...

In early 2019, Front Royal and surrounding Warren County, Virginia were rocked by allegations that the executive director of the Warren...

On March 24, 2021, Gov. Ralph Northam, D-Va., ended a 400-year run of the death penalty in Virginia, making it the first southern state...

Allison Heldreth is a Maryland public defender and alumna of American University Washington College of Law. She received her J.D. in 2013 an

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