The Legal System Is Failing. We Just Need to Acknowledge That

Judicial System Failure - An Example (a Personal Story) - Prism Legal

My story illustrates our judicial system failure – its unfriendly nature and poor design. I have a JD yet found the instructions and interaction ...

What's wrong with America's criminal justice system? 6 questions for ...

It gets worse and worse and the longer you don't pay, the worse things get. Long sentences are like that. While you're incarcerating people, not ...

From Punishment to Promise: The Power of Redemption | ACLU

My view of the American system of justice is clear — it is overly punitive and in need of correction. My opinion is anything but armchair ...

The Justice System | Bureau of Justice Statistics

Our American system of justice has evolved from ... Those sentenced under determinate sentencing laws can be released only after they have ...

WJP Rule of Law Index 2023 Global Press Release

Justice systems are failing, 2023 WJP Rule of Law Index shows ... WASHINGTON (Oct. 25, 2023) – The rule of law has once again eroded in a majority ...

The Failure of 'Criminal Justice Reform' - YouTube

Alec Karakatsanis, founder of Civil Rights Corps, delivered the keynote address for the eighth annual Shaping Justice conference, ...

A two-tiered justice system is nothing new — and certainly not what ...

It may come as a surprise to hear that I actually agree with Donald Trump on something: America does have a two-tiered system of justice.

Transforming the System - Criminal Justice Policy Solutions ...

“Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow ...

Is the Criminal Justice System Defensible? | The Marshall Project

As a judge with faith in that system, I am dismayed by the relentless insistence that we have it all wrong. Of course the system, like all human ...

Adam Foss: A prosecutor's vision for a better justice system | TED Talk

The unfairness of it all made me want to be a defender. The power dynamic that I came to understand. made me become a prosecutor.

The American Justice System: Why We Need to Value and Protect I

We must protect the legal rights of everyday folks, or we will be hopeless to stop massive institutions from acting with impunity. To fail to do so would be an ...

We are failing in a key cornerstone of democracy in the UK: justice

The criminal justice system should be about delivering justice through punishment and rehabilitation. We need to accept that the system is ...

Equal Justice Under Law - Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

In the civil and criminal proceedings where courts have recognized a right to assistance, they have failed to insure that representation meets acceptable ...

Public Trust and Confidence in the Legal System: The Way Forward

Stated bleakly: lawyers and judges have failed the public. We are not accessible or affordable. As former Vice President Joe Biden put it, “the ...

Protecting Fair and Impartial Courts: Reflections on Judicial ...

But I highlight this issue today not as a problem of good government or of particular penalties gone awry or of mandatory penalties causing injustice in ...

A New Vision for the Justice System - Fair and Just Prosecution

As increasing numbers of voters nationwide elect leaders committed to a more just legal system, some lawmakers and critics wedded to the failed status quo have ...

What Criminal Justice Can Learn From Its Bad Outcomes

Often, systems have set up these front-line actors to fail. If we merely punish a single individual without examining larger systemic issues, we ...

Coercive Plea Bargaining Has Poisoned the Criminal Justice ...

The vast number of cases brought under our system of mass incarceration means that plea bargaining is the only way for courts to get through ...

Opinion | Flawed Humans, Flawed Justice - The New York Times

Our justice system must be reconstructed upon scientific fact. We can start by acknowledging what the data says about the fundamental flaws in ...

PROTECTING COMMUNITIES AND BUILDING TRUST BY ...

Our criminal justice system is failing to keep communities safe—and failing to deliver justice. America is the land of the free, and yet more of our people ...