No one is above the rule of law. That’s the promise of the American justice system – a promise that is tested by former President Donald Trump. Trump is facing dozens of criminal charges related to ...

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 ...

A version of this study was originally published on June 10. We previously used the term “racial conspiracy theories” as an editorial shorthand to describe a complex and mixed set of findings. By ...

A new class at the University of Wisconsin Law School aims to teach students about the perspectives of different people who ...

The unprecedented criminal conviction of former President Trump has opened a dark chapter in the history of America's criminal justice system, according to several legal experts. A New York jury on ...

I recently published a law review article in the Texas Law Review's symposium on mercy and the law, concerning the proper role of crime victims in the criminal justice process. Here's the abstract: ...

The sense of what is fair is an ingrained sensibility that human beings have naturally from childhood. Even children can be heard to call out, “that’s not fair!” Fairness is also a basic American ...

The Supreme Court ruled that restitution under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act is criminal punishment, and that the government can no longer retroactively hike interest or extend payment ...

The Texas Civil Rights Project alleges the Texas Department of Criminal Justice keeps inmates in higher-security housing units for much longer than the expected 10 years while some inmates live in ...

Sir Brian Leveson, who was appointed by the government to conduct an independent review of the courts system, has urged the government to adopt his ideas in full ...

Trump is facing dozens of criminal charges related to election interference and business dealings. Like clockwork, what follows Trump news is Trump noise. He hurls insults at judges, prosecutors, ...

Trump is facing dozens of criminal charges related to election interference and business dealings. Like clockwork, what follows Trump news is Trump noise. He hurls insults at judges, prosecutors, ...