Category: Law, Crime, & Justice
A reflection on the trial of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7
Alec Karakatsanis: Criminal Justice System Is Doing What It Was Designed to Do.Alec Karakatsanis’s “Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System” clearly lays out a case for why our criminal legal system is not broken, but doing exactly what it was designed to do
We’re headed for a separation of powers showdown between Congress and the president that will ultimately end up in the Supreme Court.
Jake Johnson: ‘Changing the Federal Courts Forever’Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell boasted that he and President Donald Trump are “changing the federal courts forever” by rapidly confirming right-wing judges to lifetime seats
From Narendra Modi to Ram Madhav, the BJP is acting as if the apex court’s upcoming hearing on the legality of the Centre’s Kashmir move is of no consequence
Dorothee Benz: ‘The Law Is Only Ever a Part of What Creates a Just and Free Society’Interview on LGBTQ rights
Here’s an idea for media outlets and NGOs concerned about the appeal of Russian public relations efforts: start doing your jobs by holding your own authoritarian politicians and politicized police forces to account
The seven Catholic peace activists who were convicted on October 24 for their symbolic protest against nuclear weapons at the Kings Bay Naval Base are now facing a two-to-three-month wait to hear their prison sentences. They could face more than 20 years in prison
Chesa Boudin: Runnig for San Francisco DA on Criminal Justice Reform PlatformChesa Boudin is running for San Francisco district attorney as the latest candidate in a wave of decarceral prosecutors running for office across the United States
Sam Levin: ‘Work or go to jail’How LA courts force thousands to do unpaid labor