Immigration
Trump Vows ‘Millions’ of Migrant Arrests, Hopes for Domino Effect
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On the eve of formally announcing his re-election bid in Orlando, Fl., President Trump is threatening to remove millions of people living in the U.S. illegally.
Courts
Threats to Judiciary Surge Worldwide: Is America at Risk?
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Courts provide the ultimate defense for democracies, so it’s no accident that anti-democratic governments around the world are steadily chipping away at the independence of their judiciaries, according to two legal researchers who warn that the U.S. isn’t immune from the trend.
Reforming the System
Housing Bans on the Justice-Involved ‘Violate American Values’: Paper
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Statutes barring formerly incarcerated individuals from certain types of housing have more to do with prejudice than protecting public safety, argues a NYU Law professor, who says housing policy should be divorced from the justice system.
Jails
Spike in California Jail Killings Linked to Realignment Policy
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The increase in violent deaths in jails began soon after California began shifting state prisoners to county jails in response to a 2011 Supreme Court ruling aimed at overhauling the state’s crowded prison system.
Science & Technology
Does ‘Big Data’ Threaten Due Process?
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Prosecutors are using data surveillance technology in novel ways to go after criminals. But in the process they may be undermining constitutional guarantees of due process, warns a new study.
Courts
Outrage Over Dropped Criminal Charges in Flint Water Scandal
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Prosecutors dropped all criminal charges Thursday against eight people in the Flint water crisis and pledged to start from scratch the investigation into one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in U.S. history.
cash register justice
New Orleans Gets ‘Blueprint’ for Scrapping Money Bail System
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Under a proposal by the Vera Institute of Justice, the city will be the first in the country to replace money bail and conviction fees— “the twin pillars on which money injustice stands”— with a fair system aimed at reducing the number of individuals held in pretrial detention.
Crime Trends
Major City Murder, Violent Crime Declined in 2018: Study
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The NYU Brennan Center for Justice reports an 8 percent decline in murder rates in America’s 30 largest cities, in a final estimate of 2018 crime figures that contradict assertions of a “crime wave.”
Immigration
Mistrial for AZ Teacher Who Helped Desperate Migrants
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The case against Scott Warren, a 36-year-old geography teacher who helped feed and shelter a pair of recently arrived migrants from Central America resulted in a mistrial on Tuesday.
Policy & Politics
Inimai Chettiar Joins Justice Action Network
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In her new role as federal Legislative and Policy Director, she is expected to spearhead efforts by reformers to build on the progress of last year’s First Step Act and in the leadup to the 2020 election. She previously directed the Justice Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law.