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...

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

On March 13, 2020, President Donald Trump declared COVID-19 a national emergency. Unfortunately, as cases of COVID-19 began to skyrocket...

In most states, police can secure a warrant that enables them to enter a house without knocking or announcing themselves first. The...

Digital communication traces back to as early as 1844 when Samuel F.B. Morse sent a series of dots and dashes from Washington, D.C. to...

The jury has finally been selected for the trial of Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael, and William “Roddie” Bryan for the killing of...

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data...

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 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