Voters’ fears may unseat reformer Chesa Boudin 18 months into his term as San Francisco D.A. (Eric Risberg / Associated Press) BY MIRIAM PAWEL JUNE 1, 2022 3 AM PT On its face, the effort to recall San Francisco Dist. Atty. Chesa Boudin is a debate over how a...
For criminal law to become truly unexceptional, it’s worth reimagining the very foundations that sustain it. By Benjamin Levin May 26, 2022 Rethinking the State FUTURES Over the past century, a traditional story of criminal law emerged. In this account, criminal...
If we stopped using prisons to warehouse psychiatric patients, we could heal people and save tax dollars. By Norm Ornstein and Steve Leifman Getty; The Atlantic MAY 30, 2022 SHARE About the authors: Norm Ornstein is an emeritus scholar at the American Enterprise...
Two years on, George Floyd’s death has culminated in stalled reforms and a reinvigorated, revanchist right. NOAH Y. KIM Assistant News and Engagement WriterBio | Follow Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star-Tribune/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones...
The Multnomah County DA’s rebranding of an old practice paints prosecutors as social workers, worrying local public defenders and civil rights advocates. Alex Zielinski | May 25, 2022 Along the riverfront in Portland, OR (Tony Webster/Flickr creative commons)...
Fatal beatings. A “torture room.” Pairs of men held around the clock in tiny cells, tempers rising. “They’re literally afraid for their lives,” one lawyer said. Bobby “AJ” Everson was killed at the U.S. penitentiary in Thomson, Illinois in December 2021. Everson had...
