News & Commentary about Criminal Law Reform
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Jul 19, 2017
Jeff Sessions Is Aiding and Abetting Police Departments Who Want to Seize Property of People Convicted of No Crime
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Jul 17, 2017
Reform Is Finally Coming to Illinois’s Unjust Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws
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Jun 30, 2017
Officers Involved in the Laquan McDonald Case Were Indicted This Week. The Larger Fight for Police Reform That Will Protect Communities Remains.
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Jun 26, 2017
New Jersey Argued That a Calm Manner Could Be Used Against You in Police Interrogations. Luckily, It Lost.
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Jun 23, 2017
Jeff Sessions Wants a New War on Drugs. It Won't Work.
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Jun 22, 2017
In the Blink of an Eye, Police Officers Turned This Traffic Stop Into an Unnecessarily Violent Encounter
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May 24, 2017
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Is More Dangerous Than Trump
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May 18, 2017
Home Is Where My Fear Lives. Here’s My Story of Being Black in Madison County, Mississippi.
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May 16, 2017
The Firing of an Officer Who Didn’t Shoot First and Ask Questions Later Reveals The Greater Failings of Law Enforcement in the US
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May 12, 2017
The Trump Administration’s ‘Law and Order’ Propaganda Is Starting to Contaminate Congress