Criminal Legal System

News and issues concerning the police, the courts, and the corrections system.

Central Park Five and Donald Trump: A Tale of Two Cases
Two photos side by side. Left: black and white of a person being brought into the courthouse by cops. Right: Donald Trump greeting fans after his arraignment.

Central Park Five and Donald Trump: A Tale of Two Cases
Nicole Cardoza
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The differences between the Central Park Five and the Donald Trump indictments highlight the disparities and bias in the legal system.

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Ending the Cash Bail System in America
Handcuffs being taken off a person inside of a jail cell.

Ending the Cash Bail System in America
Andrew Lee
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Most people in pretrial detention in the U.S. are incarcerated because they cannot afford to pay their cash bail.

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Criminal Legal System Incarceration
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How the RICO Act Penalizes Artists and Protesters
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How the RICO Act Penalizes Artists and Protesters
Andrew Lee
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The RICO Act was initially passed to prosecute the Mafia but has since been used against protesters, doctors, and artists.

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Criminal Legal System Politics
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Hunger Strike Continues at ICE Detention Centers
A protester in front of a detention center holds a pink sign that reads, "Retaliation from ICE for hunger strike."

Hunger Strike Continues at ICE Detention Centers
Andrew Lee
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Immigrants in two for-profit detention centers in California are on a hunger strike against the “abhorrent” conditions in the facilities.

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Criminal Legal System Immigration Social Justice
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Death by Incarceration: America’s Aging Prison Population
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Death by Incarceration: America’s Aging Prison Population
Andrew Lee
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The world’s largest carceral system oversees an aging prison population as incarcerated elders are condemned to a lifetime of confinement.

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The Fight to End the Death Penalty and Save Leonard Taylor
An older man in gray jumpsuit and glasses is sitting down with his hands held together.

The Fight to End the Death Penalty and Save Leonard Taylor
Andrew Lee
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"I feel real positive and real prayerful that I will get a stay of execution," said Leonard "Raheem" Taylor, a Black Missouri man scheduled to be 

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Supporting Incarcerated Survivors of Sexual Abuse
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Supporting Incarcerated Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Nicole Cardoza
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Amplifying the work of Just Detention International, an organization committed to those that experience sexual abuse while incarcerated.

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Team ARD
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President Biden’s Marijuana Pardons, Explained
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President Biden’s Marijuana Pardons, Explained
Andrew Lee
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An explainer on President Biden’s marijuana pardon and its impact on drug incarceration and decriminalization efforts.

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Criminal Legal System Politics
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The Continued Urgency to Close Rikers Island
A sky view of Riders Island. The jail complex has seven facilities throughout the island.

The Continued Urgency to Close Rikers Island
Dominique Stewart
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Activists call for the closure of the Rikers Island jail complex amid its ongoing “humanitarian crisis” that has seen a rise in deaths.

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