criminal justice
From criminalization to compassion: Rethinking addiction
October 15, 2025Criminalization seems to do more harm than good; it can lead to people being afraid to seek help, and it perpetuates stigma around drugs and the people who use them.
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What one man’s 45-year-old case tells us about the ‘Jim Crow Juries’ haunting Louisiana
September 12, 2025Today, a split verdict would mean a mistrial. But in the 1980s Louisiana, 19-year-old Lloyd Gray, a Black man, was sentenced to prison for life, despite two Black jurors voting not guilty.
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Before leaving, here’s what Biden must do on criminal justice
November 18, 2024Making judicial appointments and dealing with the death penalty are top priorities.
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A second Trump term will mean more cases like Sonya Massey’s
July 30, 2024Project 2025 wants to abolish the Department of Justice, which is one of the few outlets left for holding law enforcement accountable.
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Berta Cáceres’s family cheers murder conviction of a Honduran elite
July 12, 2021Roberto David Castillo Mejia, leader of the push for a dam opposed by Berta Caceras, convicted of murdering the activist in order to silence her.
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