Every year around this time, the internet turns into a giant Hallmark card:gratitude lists, turkey emojis, staged…
Criminal justice reform work is not for the faint of heart. If I have to describe it…
This morning, I did my routine check on a court docket for cases that I monitor. And…
Every day across the United States, people accused of crimes face an impossible gamble: plead guilty (even…
It shouldn’t take 10 years, but FINALLY the fixes are coming. If your loved one is behind…
A recent proposal from the Michigan Judicial Council and the Trial Court Funding Commission may offer a…
It’s already understood that in the criminal legal system, people are hurting. What people may not realize,…
2025 is ending with a justice system altered in ways we have not seen in more than a decade. Some of those changes move us toward fairness, accountability and real public safety. Others drag the nation backward into the failed punishment-first playbook that has never delivered safety, only overcrowded jails, destabilized communities and political theater.
In America, we like to believe that truth always wins. That, if a person is proven innocent, they walk free.
But, in the real world of the U.S. justice system, innocence is not enough.
In a just society, public power must always be accompanied by public accountability. Yet when it comes…
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