By Julie Stewart
The Federal Bureau of Prison’s “compassionate release” program is wasteful and cruel.
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By Kevin Kearon
Society has little tolerance for any form of sexual abuse of children, especially in a school setting. All the more reason to remember that the only thing worse than the sexual abuse of an innocent child is a false accusation of the sexual abuse of an innocent child.
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By Mai Fernandez
Everybody knows that the accused have rights under our legal system. But what rights do crime victims have? And what if their rights are not enforced?
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By Matthew T. Mangino
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing cases on the issue of life without parole for juveniles. Commentator Matthew Mangino says that if recent trends are any indication, the court will restrict the use of life without parole for juveniles, but will not eliminate the practice.
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By Robin L. Barton
On Dec. 3, 2008, Laura Garza, a 25-year-old aspiring dancer, left a Manhattan night club with Michael Mele, a 26-year-old registered sex offender, and disappeared...
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By James Doyle
A legal expert examines growing national efforts to force prosecutors who bury proof of innocence to face criminal or professional disciplinary consequences.
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By JoAnne Page
In their State of the State speeches last month, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced sweeping criminal justice proposals that, if implemented, will save taxpayers millions of dollars and significantly reduce crime--but only if they are done right, says the president of New York City's The Fortune Society.
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By Lori Andrews
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision this month in United States v. Jones provides little guidance about Fourth Amendment rights in today's digitized world, says a leading legal scholar.
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By Will Matthews
Today, according to some studies, nearly half of the tens of thousands of immigrants in detention every day are locked up in jails and detention systems operated by private prison companies. This explains the private prison industry's deep financial incentive to see the continued expansion of the system, even in the face of myriad abuses.
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By Robin L. Barton
To describe the recent U.S. and international media coverage of the Amanda Knox case in Italy as intense would be an understatement. One of the key criticisms of this coverage was that it primarily focused on the defendants—or at least one of them—with the victim, Meredith Kercher, almost forgotten.
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