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Article • April 15, 2025 • from CLN May, 2025
Nearly 150 Exonerations in 2024 Highlight Persistent Flaws in U.S. Criminal Justice System by David Kim by David Kim In 2024, 147 prisoners were exonerated for crimes they did not commit, an alarming number that underscores both the resilience of those wrongfully convicted and the systemic failures that led to …
Article • October 1, 2024 • from CLN October, 2024
Study Finds That Black Americans Want Both Police Presence and Reform: Looking Beyond the Headlines by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A new study, “On the Robustness of Black Americans’ Support for the Police: Evidence from a National Experiment” published in the May-June 2024 issue of the Journal …
Article • June 15, 2024 • from CLN June, 2024
Landmark Drug Possession Reform Based on Unproven Allegations Reversed in Oregon by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Knott   Oregon legislators passed H.B. 4002 on March 1, 2024, with support from both Democrats and Republicans on a 21-8 vote. Gov. Tina Kotek’s office indicated on March 7 that she …
Article • October 1, 2023 • from CLN October, 2023
Police Misconduct Reform: Forcing Police Officers to Have ‘Skin in the Game’ by Creating Financial Incentives with Insurance Premiums by David Reutter by David M. Reutter While a conversation on police brutality and misconduct can evolve into a heated debate, one thing no one argues about is whether or not …
Current Volume of Digital Evidence Challenge the Criminal Justice System to Do Better by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott In an open access article first publishedonline on April 20, 2023, in The International Journal of Evidence & Proof, researchers from England and New Zealand discuss the challenges defense …
Holding Bad Cops Accountable Is the Way Forward in Police Reform by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The continuous refrain of “police reform” touting “better training” and laws banning actions such as chokeholds seems to echo endlessly. In 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the George Floyd Justice in …
Financial Pressure Finally Brings Police Reform by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Their names became litanies on streets across America: Trayvon Martin, Freddie Gray, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd. Yet protests, relentless media coverage, and the promises of politicians failed to move the needle on police violence or impunity. At last, …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from CLN July, 2023
Police Study Shows That Reform and Effectiveness Are Not Mutually Exclusive by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart Following the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, a new social movement has emerged and is growing in popularity. The burgeoning movement is calling for police reform along with the reduction …
Article • May 6, 2023
Raising Doubts and Wrongful Convictions: The Troubling Legacy of Bite Mark Analysis in the Legal System by The use of bite mark analysis as evidence in courtrooms has left a lasting imprint on the criminal justice system, but its credibility and scientific validity are now subject to growing skepticism. As …
Article • February 15, 2023 • from CLN March, 2023
Governor of Oregon Leaves Legacy of Reformation While Leaving Office by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Criminal justice reform proactivist Governor Kate Brown (D) has granted over 1,100 clemencies during her two terms in office, more than the 50 previous governors before her combined. In response to the COVID-19 …
Article • January 15, 2023 • from CLN February, 2023
Los Angeles: Police Union Resists Changes to Pretextual Stops by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins In March 2022, the Los Angeles Police Commission, an oversight board of the LAPD, implemented minor policy changes to the way the department conducts pretextual stops. According to the Los Angeles Times, officers “can no …
Article • November 15, 2022 • from CLN December, 2022
Institutional Resistance to Police Reform Continues by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Public scrutiny of police behavior in recent years has mostly failed to bring about substantive change in the way police operate in America. Many causes have been put forward to explain the institutional resistance to change, from racism …
Article • January 15, 2022 • from CLN February, 2022
Civil Forfeiture Under Fire in Massachusetts by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Devantee Jones-Bernier did not have any drugs on him when police executed a search warrant on the apartment where he was visiting some friends in Worcester, Massachusetts. Marijuana was found in the unit, and so Jones-Bernier was initially …
Article • January 15, 2022 • from CLN February, 2022
Why Punishing Bad Prosecutors Won’t Fix a Bad System by James Doyle by James M. Doyle, The Crime Report  After 50 years of representing indigent defendants in urban criminal courts I have no objection to seeing prosecutors disciplined for their misconduct. As a matter of fact, I find the prospect delectable. …
Article • January 15, 2022 • from CLN February, 2022
Criminal Justice Legislation Signed by North Carolina Governor by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye In August 2021, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed three criminal justice bills into law. The goals of the new laws are to give law enforcement the mental health tools they need, ensure police are …
Article • August 15, 2021 • from CLN September, 2021
Maryland Enacts Significant Police Reform, Overriding Governor’s Veto by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The first state in the nation to institute a police bill of rights now also holds the distinction of being the first to repeal it. Passed into law in 1974, the legislation afforded Maryland cops the …
Article • August 15, 2021 • from CLN September, 2021
Prosecutors Call for Humane Sentencing Measures by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Sixty-four current and former prosecutors, attorneys, law enforcement officers, and other judicial leaders from 26 states and the District of Columbia signed a group statement titled “Joint Statement on Sentencing Second Chances and Addressing Past Extreme Sentences” in …
Article • August 15, 2021 • from CLN September, 2021
When Police Ignore Ordered Changes, Is It Really Reform? by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney While former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin stood trial for the murder of George Floyd, police in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop. Protesters assembled outside Brooklyn Center’s …
Article • June 15, 2021 • from CLN July, 2021
An Ignoble Process How High-Pressure Tactics and Flawed Investigative Techniques Created a Miscarriage of Justice by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian Christopher Tapp’s wrongful conviction and eventual exoneration is a case-study of overwhelming failures during the criminal justice process. It is an example of how abusive tactics and investigative …
Article • June 15, 2021 • from CLN July, 2021
The Era of Punitive Excess The criminal justice system is marred by an overreliance on excessive punishment by Jeremy Travis, Bruce Western by Jeremy Travis and Bruce Western, Brennan Center Despite a small decline in incarceration rates over the last decade, American criminal justice policy remains at its most punishing …
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