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Diversion programs administered by CorrectiveSolutions, a for-profit company dogged for years by consumer rights litigation, often have left out those they were designed to help.
On Nov. 8, New Mexicans will vote on a constitutional amendment to overhaul the use of money bail in the state.
We begin an occasional series we’re calling And Justice for Some – an investigation into how the courts treat people differently.
Oklahoma incarcerates 151 out of every 100,000 women, often given harsh sentences for nonviolent drug crimes.
Aaron Robinette, who was featured in an investigation drug diversion programs, died of a heroin overdose at age 25.
The legalization of marijuana in Washington state and Colorado had at least one unanticipated effect on the streets: a sharp decline in traffic stops and searches by state police, a new analysis shows. But black and Hispanic drivers still are searched at higher rates than white motorists.
The chief public defender in New Orleans says his office doesn’t have enough money or time to do a good job representing poor people accused of crimes. So he’s refusing some serious cases. His goal? To break the system in order to fix it.
Rodney Roberts agreed to plead guilty to a crime he didn’t commit, convinced that his only other option was life in prison. His 18-year journey to exoneration highlights what can go wrong in plea agreements.
Rodney Roberts copped a bad plea deal. Follow his story step by step on Instagram.
A reporter’s inside account of the arduous process of seeking justice in her own childhood sexual abuse case exposes discrepancies in prosecutors’ responses and spotlights a lack of accountability.
The Kentucky Supreme Court will consider whether juries must be diverse after a judge dismisses an all-white jury.
In 2014 alone, more than 284,000 cases of rape and sexual assault occurred among people 12 and older. Representatives of victim advocacy groups and la
Victims of childhood sexual abuse often hear a refrain: Come forward and name your abuser. Justice will be done. But we rarely hear what happens next.
