Alcohol breath tests, a linchpin of the criminal justice system, are often unreliable ~misc Article 5208 words 10 votes
In defence of America’s prison-industrial complex ~life Article 898 words, published Oct 17 2019 10 votes
False witness: Why is the US still using hypnosis to convict criminals? ~science psychology Article 4281 words 10 votes
Inmates suffering heart attacks or brutalized in jail beatings have been released so sheriffs wouldn’t have to pay for their medical care. Some were rearrested once they had recovered. ~life Article 6 votes
Denmark frees thirty-two inmates over flaws in phone geolocation evidence – two-month moratorium on the use of mobile phone records ~news denmark law Article 630 words 9 votes
12yo Alice Springs boy to speak at United Nations in push to change Australia's age of criminality ~news australia politics Article 692 words 7 votes
Finland under pressure to criminalise lack of consent in rape laws ~news finland politics crime law Article 566 words 10 votes
Silicon Valley is building a Chinese-style social credit system ~tech privacy Article 1524 words 13 votes
Flaws in cellphone evidence prompt review of 10,000 verdicts in Denmark ~news denmark law Article 736 words 8 votes
A cozy alliance between insurance companies and law enforcement has turned the justice system into the industry’s hired gun and left innocent customers facing prison ~life Article 5864 words 8 votes
California man charged with murder even though he didn’t fire a shot ~news usa.ca crime law Article 1333 words, published Aug 5 2019 10 votes
Victims are often criminals, and that is a paradox American policing can’t solve ~life Article 1939 words 8 votes
Lawyer argues that Humanists — who believe in good without a God — get short shrift in Nevada prisons ~humanities religion Article 888 words 5 votes
‘I think it’s a cap gun,’ the police officer said. He opened fire on an eighth-grader moments later. The district attorney decided not to file charges. ~news usa.ok.oklahoma city Article 2197 words 8 votes
Many US prisons deny Muslim inmates halal food and proper prayer ~humanities religion Article 13 votes
The government’s arguments for restoring the death penalty all fail ~misc politics Article 1034 words 5 votes
Extraordinary story of how the man who said he was the victim of a VIP paedophile ring ended up on the run in Sweden ~news sweden crime united kingdom Article 864 words 4 votes
Fire at notorious Brooklyn federal jail as NYC enters heat wave ~news usa.ny.nyc Article 487 words 4 votes
I was sexually assaulted. And I believe incarcerating rapists doesn’t help victims like me ~life Article 901 words, published Jul 18 2019 7 votes
A man who murdered his wife, three young children, and mother-in-law has become the first person in Western Australia ordered by a judge never to be released from prison. ~news australia.wa crime Article 449 words 11 votes
While cities are trying to reform their criminal-justice systems, smaller, more far-flung locales are struggling to provide basic legal services ~news usa law Article 2127 words 4 votes
California's out-of-date jails face inmate deaths and construction delays ~news usa.ca Article 3891 words 7 votes
Rikers Island dilemma: Stop taking addiction meds, or stay behind bars ~health Article 2524 words 4 votes
Mother of Danish student suspected killed by jihadists in Morocco demands death penalty ~news denmark morocco crime Article 621 words 5 votes
Seattle faces backlash after easing up on punishing crimes involving mental illness ~health.mental Article 888 words 6 votes
Novelists have condemned the Staunch prize – for thrillers without violence against women – as a ‘gagging order’, after organisers said the genre could bias jurors ~books fiction Article 963 words 7 votes
Alabama woman loses unborn child after being shot, gets arrested; shooter goes free ~news usa.al crime Article 540 words 17 votes
Secrets and lies at Guantanamo Bay: Listening devices, FBI informants, and gag orders… these are just some of the ways that the US is mishandling classified information in the Al Qaeda trials ~misc Article 2139 words 5 votes
US Supreme Court Justices split along unexpected lines in three cases ~news usa law Article 710 words 10 votes
San Francisco says it will use AI to reduce bias when charging people with crimes ~tech Article 631 words 11 votes
Hong Kong police use tear gas, rubber bullets in clash with protesters ~news hong kong china law Article 314 words 6 votes
Leaked chats between Brazilian judge and prosecutor who imprisoned Lula reveal prohibited collaboration and doubts over evidence ~news law politics Article 2176 words 12 votes
Transparency advocates are working to make police personnel records more accessible—and searchable—for the public. Can that go too far? ~misc politics Article 2337 words 5 votes
Henry Montgomery Paved the Way for Other Juvenile Lifers to Go Free. Now 72, He May Never Get the Same Chance. ~life Article 3167 words 10 votes
At least one in three Alaska villages has no local law enforcement. Sexual abuse runs rampant, public safety resources are scarce, and Gov. Mike Dunleavy wants to cut the budget. ~misc politics Article 5645 words 18 votes
The sad tale of Frank Olson, the US Government's hallucinogen fall man ~humanities.history Article 977 words 4 votes
People in Alabama prisons are shackled to buckets for days on end ~life Article 1443 words, published May 5 2019 11 votes
"It’s an issue of liberty": Washington state will stop jailing kids who run away or skip school ~news usa.wa Link 7 votes
Bad evidence: Ten years after a landmark study blew the whistle on junk science, the fight over forensics rages on ~science Article 6536 words, published May 5 2019 7 votes