But First Step Act supporters portray the reforms as a delicate balance between fairness and public safety. R Street Institute Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties fellow Lisel Petis said people came ...

The overrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in the criminal justice system, as both victims and offenders, is a serious and complex issue rooted in systemic racism and the legacy of colonialism. The ...

David Lammy inspired a proposed major change to how criminals are sentenced that critics say will treat criminals differently based on their ethnicity, it has been revealed. A 2017 review of the ...

The Scottish government said the reforms put victims rights at the "heart of the justice system". Barristers in NI will scale back industrial action from 1 March, but will continue to refuse some ...

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Stakeholders in Nigeria’s criminal justice system have reaffirmed their commitment ... reinforcing the objective of ensuring justice is delivered efficiently and equitably.

I recently took a class called “Punishment & Inequality” where we talked about the deeply rooted flaws of the American criminal justice system. As a criminology major, I’ve learned much about law ...

"But we also acknowledge that the intention of the Young Offenders Act is to give young offenders every opportunity to be diverted away from the criminal justice system, and I think by and large ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Shannon Meyer is rediscovering who she is. “I don’t even really know who I am anymore. I’ve been in a relationship for the last 11 years and just barely figuring out how ...

While our great state of Texas has made some remarkable reforms to the juvenile justice system, that progress has stalled over the last decade. The closure of nine youth prisons − the last of wh ...

Registration is now open. Politicians, judges and attorneys seem to agree that the judicial system and constitution is facing a crisis. They just can’t agree on who is responsible for it.