More than two-thirds of all countries have abolished the death penalty in law or in practice, Amnesty International reports. But some countries, … [Read more...]

San Francisco Board of Supervisors approves a resolution initiated by All of Us or None calling for San Francisco to eliminate hiring discrimination … [Read more...]

Women’s rights and civil liberties organizations are calling for the U.S. Department of Justice to renounce the practice of enhancing the sentences of … [Read more...]

  ‘The Proposition 47 victory is a repudiation of four decades of tough-on-crime policies, and marks the end of the era of politics of … [Read more...]

Several well-meaning laws lack common sense, resulting in inflexible, harsh penalties. That is the conclusion reached by Jonathan Blanks in the Post … [Read more...]

America needs to change investigative practices and the criminal justice culture to avoid wrongful convictions, delegates to a Wrongful Conviction … [Read more...]

More than a dozen California counties have stopped honoring requests from immigration agents to hold potentially deportable inmates beyond the length … [Read more...]

Traducción Jorge Heredia “Usted siempre será un padre,” la guía afirma. “Aunque se encuentre encarcelado, usted puede todavía jugar un papel … [Read more...]