criminal justice

Ideology

Does America have ‘two-tier’ justice?

Americans still take it for granted that they will live under a system of justice and administration that’s explicitly racialized

Travis Aaroe

Justice by skin color resurrects Jim Crow

Prosecutors were told to consider race during plea negotiations

David Sypher Jr.

Why did a man throw hot coffee over a baby?

The Australian police remain baffled by the random attack and what motive the man had

Terry Barnes

Why was last year DC’s most violent in decades?

While Republicans have used the spike in violent crime to point out problems with efforts to neuter police, this is far from a partisan issue

Tim Rice

Policy

Should bad parenting be criminalized?

It’s one thing to be out of pocket, quite another to spend many years in prison when a jury decides you’ve been a crummy parent

Lionel Shriver