The reaction against bail reform exposes the lie of the old system: It was always about money.

Anti-prostitution policing and these intervention courts believe they can racially profile and arrest their way to women's liberation.

Believe what you're seeing: Donald Trump wants a brutal, lawless, loyal military.

Democrats seem to agree that Trump should be brought to justice. Whether they agree on the precise nature of that justice is an open question.

In many states, ex-felons are required to settle debts before they can cast a ballot—a modern twist on poll taxes, disenfranchising black Americans.

53206, a heavily African American neighborhood north of downtown Milwaukee, suffers from all manner of ills—not least of which are the myths of criminality that continue to surround it.

Inmates are among the most vulnerable populations on our warming planet—and among the most ignored.

The former prosecutor offered her measured version of criminal justice reform in advance of tonight's Democratic debate.

Bill Clinton isn't the only one who deserves blame for turning America into a carceral state.

"She Said," a chronicle of the #MeToo era by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, reveals the power of women who, together, refused to stay silent.

Attacks on LGBTQ people are on the rise across the country. In Boston, right-wing extremists got the police to do their dirty work.

Arrests and crime are down amid cops’ protest of the firing of officer Daniel Pantaleo, who killed Eric Garner.

Two states are asking the justices to retain a rule from America's racist past for the sake of convenience.

Arizona Senator Martha McSally wants to try people like the El Paso gunman as terrorists, but her proposal ripens the possibility of prosecutorial abuse.

The Manhattan District Attorney has had a long run, but his role in recent high-profile cases may bring unexpected change to a very powerful place.

The U.S. criminal legal system protected him for years—and then it failed him, just as it has failed countless people of color who are put behind bars.

"Felony murder" laws across America are being used to charge juveniles with crimes they didn't commit.

There's a gerrymandering problem that Democrats aren't talking about.

Biden seems to believe that everything in America was rosy until Trump took office, and he's offering himself as a time machine.

As Queens' district attorney, she would work to dismantle the devastating power of her office.