It was dark and windy the evening of Sunday, September 8, 2019, when Luis Alberto Quiñonez—everyone called him Sito—and his girlfriend, Ariana Bassard, left his girlfriend’s mother’s new apartment in ...

The Maryland General Assembly passed three bills that aim to reform the state's criminal justice system. Gov. Wes Moore signed more than 90 bills into law after the end of the 2025 legislative session ...

The legislature has made dramatic reforms to our criminal justice system over the past several years—limiting monetary bail, increasing the discovery obligations of prosecutors, reducing incarceration ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

As Terrance Kurhansky’s case made its way through Pennsylvania’s criminal justice system, it became clear to his attorney and the presiding judge that their options were limited, and none of them was ...

Here is a snapshot of the dramatic changes to four branches of law enforcement. In the span of a single week, the U.S. criminal justice system endured unprecedented upheaval, as law enforcement ...

Josh Spickler and Yonée Gibson discuss issues affecting the local criminal justice system. Just City’s Executive Director Josh Spickler and Just City’s Program and People Experience Manager Yonée ...

A significant percentage of criminal defendants have mental health disorders, but our courts have few options to address these disorders that have brought these individuals into the criminal justice ...

Bill Gibbons and Jonathan Bennett discuss data practices within the criminal justice system. University of Memphis Public Safety Institute Executive Director Bill Gibbons and Center for Community ...