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Feature December 16, 2021
Her Baby Died After Hurricane Katrina. Was It a Crime?
An expansive definition of murder in Louisiana leaves many behind bars forever.
By Cary Aspinwall, Lea Skene and Ilica Mahajan
President Donald Trump announces his support of the “First Step Act” at the White House in November.
News November 16, 2018
What’s Really in the First Step Act?
Too much? Too little? You be the judge.
By Justin George
A classroom at the Thomson Correctional Center, a federal prison, in Thomson, Ill.
News May 22, 2018
Is The “First Step Act” Real Reform?
Congress and criminal justice, a scorecard
By Justin George
Prosecutors like Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, a former public defender, are establishing conviction integrity units. Now Krasner plans to review the sentences handed to those convicted of crimes.
News March 20, 2018
The DAs Who Want to Set the Guilty Free
‘Sentence review units’ would revisit harsh punishments from the past.
By Eli Hager
William Otis speaking before the House Judiciary Committee Over-Criminalization Task Force in 2014.
News March 15, 2018
If You Can’t Kill It, Join It
Trump’s nominee to this panel called it “an overfed lemur.”
By Justin George
Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks to federal, state and local law enforcement on Long Island, N.Y., in April, 2017.
Commentary May 30, 2017
The Problem with the Justice Department
It’s a building full of prosecutors.
Mark Osler
Life Inside May 4, 2017
When Justice Gets Personal
A judge examines the impact on those he sentences.
By Judge Mark W. Bennett
Kim Foxx, who successfully ran for Cook County State's Attorney, talked with customers at Manny's Cafeteria in Chicago in November 2016.
Commentary May 2, 2017
The Limits of Prosecutorial Power
There are criminal justice actors more powerful than prosecutors.
Jeffrey Bellin
President Barack Obama met in 2016 with a group of people whose prison sentences had been commuted.
Commentary January 26, 2017
Inside the Clemency Lottery
The difference between the freed and the left-behind was often luck.
Sean Nuttall
Boys walking to lunch at the Circleville Juvenile Correctional Facility in Ohio.
Commentary January 24, 2017
What We Can Learn from the Amazing Drop in Juvenile Incarceration
Lesson One: Don’t make policies when emotions are running high.
Ashley Nellis and Marc Mauer
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