Petitions for early release reveal the contours of people’s lives before incarceration, conditions on the inside, and what might come after.

Police are making low-level arrests even as public health experts have called for immediate decarceration to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

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Conservative opponents of cash bail reform in New York saw an opportunity in the pandemic—and took it.

The White House’s coronavirus response is a screwup for the ages. Here’s how to hold the president accountable.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Trump and his allies are prioritizing their hypothetical grip on power over the life-and-death needs of voters.

Law professor Adrian Vermeule thinks America would be better off without individual liberty. It’s an increasingly popular view among a faction of conservatives.

There’s only one sure way to balance the needs of public health and the health of our democracy.

Congress should launch an inquiry into the administration’s botched response to the pandemic.

A long prison sentence can’t repair the harm he caused for dozens of women over many decades. What would it look like to demand more?

Whoever gets tapped as the next Democratic attorney general could potentially define a presidency and reset a wayward Justice Department.

The vanquished Democratic presidential candidate understands power better than any of her rivals.

The high court’s taken a dim view of targeted regulation of abortion providers in the past, but that was before Brett Kavanaugh.

A verdict has been rendered, but no criminal case will tell the full story about Weinstein or the women he’s harmed.

The Roberts court is poised to undo the late Justice’s landmark ruling on religious freedom and government overreach.

The bipartisan movement to “combat trafficking” was built on many of the same superficialities as the First Family, but everyone has their limit.

Trump's Super Bowl ad was rightly criticized for its political opportunism. It also exposed the limits of current efforts to reshape the justice system.

An exclusive look at a groundbreaking policy transformation. There are lessons for the left to learn here.

The progressive prosecutor wants to fight gun violence with a light touch. His critics say he’s crazy. His defenders say he’s onto something.

Our future might look much like our past, with pills as a major part of abortion access—and an obsessive target for abortion opponents.