Category Archives: Criminal Justice Reform
SCORPION, Police “Special” Units Kill Again
The brutal beating and killing of Tyre Nichols on January 7, 2023, by the Scorpion Unit of the Memphis Police Department (“MPD”) reveals the…
Bail Reform Used as Political Bogeyman
Most people involved in the nation’s criminal justice recognize the need for bail reform. However, most Americans, citing the fear of violent crime across…
Creating Accountable, Professional Police in America
American policing is infected with a cynicism towards the very people it is supposed to protect. State and federal law enforcement see the dark,…
Texas’ Solitary Confinement Under Constitutional Scrutiny
The Walnut Street Jail was constructed in Philadelphia in 1773—two years before the start of the American Revolution. It was built, as most jails…
Police Misconduct and Its Staggering Cost to Taxpayers
Police misconduct is the historical scourge of American policing. It raises its head in media from time to time with a horrific incident caught…
Know Your Rights: Right to A Fair And Impartial Trial
The right to a fair and impartial trial is the bedrock of a democratic system of government. This right is enshrined in the Sixth…
Adnan Syed’s Case Exemplifies Systemic Problems in the Criminal System
Justice is kaleidoscopic. Its definition generates a myriad of concepts, none of which are precise and definitive. But the case of Adnan Syed offers…
Despite Governor’s Fear Mongering, Bail Reform Works in Harris County
In current reelection campaign ads, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tries to bolster his artificial “law-and-order” bona fides with assertions that he stopped dangerous criminal…
Courts Allow Botched Executions, License to Torture
On July 29, 2022, Joe Nathan Jones, Jr. was pronounced dead at 9:27 p.m. in the death chamber at a prison in southern Alabama.…
Accountability for Police Misconduct Necessary Tool for Reform
On October 17, 2019, a 24-year-old black man named Demonte Ward-Blake was driving a vehicle in Oxon Hill, Maryland, with his girlfriend’s six-year-old daughter…
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