Released during COVID, some are remanded with no warning
A decision by Judge Omar Williams is the first in the nation to hold that the current process for returning people to federal prison after home confinement is unconstitutional.
Injustice
Articles regarding injustice, such as wrongful convictions, within the criminal justice system in America.
Two corrupt judges ordered to pay $200 million in damages
Two Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds who fell victim to their crimes.
Judge forces woman to choose between months in jail or a year of alcohol monitoring for driving without license
Anastasia was arrested for a minor traffic violation while driving on a revoked license. Despite not being drunk, she was court ordered to strap an alcohol-monitoring bracelet to her ankle for one year.
Arizona Prison System Basically Admits To Practicing Slavery
A prison official in Arizona has made the argument that the state needs to be able to force people to work for it.
Deputy acquitted after video revealed him banging teen’s head to the ground
Christopher Krickovich was fired months after the arrest of then 15-year-old Delucca Enrique Rolle — despite an oversight board recommending that he keep his job.
Entire police department resigns after a Black woman town manager is hired
The entire police department in Kenly, North Carolina, resigned, citing a “hostile” work environment less than two months after Justine Jones, a Black woman, began her role as the town’s newly selected city manager.
SWAT team burns down house killing 14-year old boy
Community outraged after a SWAT standoff leaves a teen dead and a home destroyed.
Cop granted immunity after false testimony causes several to spend years in federal custody
Victims have sought to hold Weyker accountable in more than 20 civil lawsuits since then, but she has beat every single case due to federal immunity.
Court overturns man’s murder conviction for killing toddler, citing ‘discrimination’ against Black jurors
The Oregon Court of Appeals overturned a Portland man’s murder conviction after it found that prosecutors excused the only two Black jurors on the panel because of their race.
‘It’s inhumane’: how US prison work breaks bodies and minds for pennies
Two out of three prisoners are forced to work, in what is often referred to as modern day slavery.