Despite the Trump administration's shift towards a stricter approach to criminal justice, states have continued to pass bipartisan reforms, indicating that criminal justice reform in the US has become ...

As Democrats head into a new legislative session and reevaluate their priorities, criminal justice reform advocates are not backing off their push for sentencing reform. They plan to hold rallies ...

SHERIFF'S CORNER: Learn how the Crime Victims Rights Act gives victims notice, restitution, court participation and ...

However noble the Legislature’s goals might have been, the new law denies closure to future victims, reopens the wounds of prior victims and will cause far more problems than it will ever solve. In ...

The Justice Department's new guidance requiring prosecutors to disclose to a sentencing judge all relevant facts should require that, in any new plea deal, Boeing must acknowledge that it directly and ...

Advocates pushing to repeal Illinois’ so-called “truth-in-sentencing” law are urging patience as they navigate competing bills through a General Assembly that’s still politically wary of voting on ...