The legislature has made dramatic reforms to our criminal justice system over the past several years—limiting monetary bail, increasing the discovery obligations of prosecutors, reducing incarceration ...

A new class at the University of Wisconsin Law School aims to teach students about the perspectives of different people who ...

Despite the initial shift in November from the “Making an Exoneree” course partnership with Georgetown University to a more locally focused course, the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA ...

In 2006, George Alvarez was charged with assaulting a prison guard while awaiting trial on public intoxication. He knew he didn’t do it — the guards actually jumped him — but the ten year mandatory ...

Last month, a Baltimore County judge ordered the Maryland Department of Health to pay over $600,000 for its failure to meet the needs of people in the criminal legal system who have intellectual ...

A central feature of this coercive system is the selective application of laws. Opposition politicians, activists, ...