Probation is an important part of the American criminal justice system, and a complicated one. It varies across jurisdictions and between cases, and many people find themselves with questions about this alternative to jail time. Whether you're dealing with your own criminal matter, a loved one's, or you're merely curious, this post will help clear things up.
SB 19-166 is a bill passed last spring in Colorado; it requires the POST board, a police oversight body, to strip officers of certification when they lie in specific contexts. What are the origins of this bill? And what does it aim to accomplish?
The upheaval caused by the novel coronavirus has reached the courts. Postponements in cases everywhere will bring into prominence a legal issue that is part of the Sixth Amendment: a defendant's right to a speedy trial.
Harvey Weinstein's trial has brought into focus a part of the criminal justice process that many people wonder about: the wide ranges of prison terms that are available to judges at sentencing. Let's have a look at why this is the case.
Almost as many Americans have some criminal history as have college degrees. This has been a long time in the making, and it won't change by itself.
Felons in the U.S. are subject to the loss of voting rights for various amounts of time following conviction. Read on to learn about the basics of felony disenfranchisement: where it comes from, whom it affects, and how it might change in the future.
The discussion how America's prisons should be run has been building in intensity lately; we summarize the issue here.
