Getting Rid of No-Knock Warrants Isn’t Enough
Yesterday we received the news that only one of the police officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor was to be indicted–and not for homicide, but for “wanton endangerment”
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It’s Not Over: Alarming Rise in New Cases in CDCR
To read CDCR’s response briefs in the Marin cases and in Von Staich, you could think that the pandemic is dwindling in prison. The opposite is true: the last two
Explainer on Politics of Replacing Justice Ginsburg
Millions of people grieve the loss of legal giant Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg today and appreciate her enormous contributions to fairness and equality. I would have loved to discuss Justice
Homeopathic Criminal Justice Reform and Its Discontents
In my previous writings about the COVID-19 prison disaster (especially here and here), I relied on Ben Bernanke’s famous “triggers and vulnerabilities” model. I explained that the virus happened on
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