This summer, the nonprofit organization Measures for Justice will launch a new public database intended to track the performance of Monroe County’s criminal justice system. Measures for Justice developed the data tool, Commons, to track a variety of metrics such as race, gender and age of defendants, cases sent toRead More →
In modern American society, whether or not systemic racism exists has been hotly debated lately. Although many will argue that systemic racism is not real, the American criminal justice system has been proven to be biased towards white people and against African Americans on many levels from length of prisonRead More →
As always, the last Last week tonight the episode didn’t pack a punch in addressing current issues that most would consider “sensitive” or “controversial.” After presenting the most significant news of the week, which mainly concerned the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, the host of the HBO program John Olivier movedRead More →
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Benjamin Morgan, recipient of the Borrin Foundation Fellowship, intends to focus on the intersection between criminal law and Indigenous politics, technology, and law. Two men have won scholarships to pursue post-graduate studies in law at a New Zealand university or an overseas institution. This follows a request to increase MaoriRead More →
Presented by Beltone – A leader in audience Health care. It was just 219 years ago today, February 24, 1803, when the Supreme Court upheld the Constitution of the United States as not the primary law, but governing this nation, and at the same time making arguably the strongest judiciaryRead More →
(February 20): Following the Asian financial crisis of 1997, competition law was adopted as legislation in major ASEAN economies in the first half of the past two decades. In Malaysia, the Competition Act 2010 came into force in 2012, with the Malaysian Competition Commission (MyCC) being mandated by Parliament toRead More →
Hip-Hop behind bars. You can use both hands to count the number of rappers who currently would rather spit bars on the microphone than live behind them. We have ten fingers, so let’s count 10 notable rappers who are currently incarcerated. In no particular order, YNW Melly, YFN Lucci, PoohRead More →
Thank you for putting an end to the alarmism with your editorial on the parole and rehabilitation of prisoners, and for helping us to imagine long-term solutions to violence. The criminal justice system in Illinois is very good at punishing people. We have nearly 40,000 people behind bars. Thousands ofRead More →
Journalist and presidential aspirant of the Democratic Restoration Party (PRD), Miguel Mora, and former Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC) deputy, María Fernanda Flores, were the latest prisoners of conscience sentenced in the first week of the “single audience” policy. trials held at the Directorate of Legal Aid, known as “the newRead More →
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On Monday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report that outlines the financial problems faced by consumers when they come into contact with the criminal justice system. The review highlights onerous fees and a lack of choice at every step of the process. He also notes that theRead More →
Homepage Daily News A would-be SCOTUS candidate saw the impact of crime… Supreme Court appointments A would-be SCOTUS candidate saw the impact of the criminal justice system in his uncle’s case By Debra Cassens-Weiss February 1, 2022, 9:47 a.m. CST U.S. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the United StatesRead More →
One thing you must do Read our in-depth response and analysis to each of the Independent Criminal Legal Aid Review’s recommendations, including the need for an immediate 15% increase in legal aid rates. What do you want to know 1. The Judicial Review Bill is passed by the Commons TheRead More →
The scope of the mandatory choice of law rule set forth in Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) §8-110(a)(1), which provides that “[t]he local law of the issuer’s jurisdiction…governs…the validity of a security”, is a significant issue in the ongoing appeal proceeding between the Venezuelan state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, SARead More →