Sentencing

News October 18, 2018

Neko Wilson to be released in the first test of California’s felony murder law.

By Abbie VanSickle

Life Inside May 31, 2018

“We leaned on each other. We found reasons to laugh while in agony.”

By Robert Wright

Analysis May 20, 2018

Despite Jeff Sessions’ new zero-tolerance mandate along the border, the Justice Department has prioritized immigration offenses for years.

By Yolanda Martinez

Life Inside April 26, 2018

“With my new lease on life, I still remember the one I took.”

By Lawrence Bartley

Life Inside April 12, 2018

“I wondered whether the system I have been a part of for so long was, simply, barbaric.”

By Mike Lynch

News March 20, 2018

‘Sentence review units’ would revisit harsh punishments from the past.

By Eli Hager

News March 15, 2018

Trump’s nominee to this panel called it “an overfed lemur.”

By Justin George

Commentary February 7, 2018

Waiting for Justice

One man’s seven-year wait for a trial reveals the ways mandatory minimums distort our courts.

Jeffrey Bellin

News August 9, 2017

You can go to prison in Florida for a $300 crime, but it’s $2,500 in Wisconsin.

By Marella Gayla

News July 18, 2017

A new study examines the lingering impact of war-on-crime policies.

By Manuel Villa