A review of the UN Security Council Resolution 2482, on Organized Crime and Counter-Terrorism.
This article was authored by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin Last month, the United Nations Security Council...
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Category: Civil / Criminal Justice Reform
Atlanta Antifa Outs County Jail Guards as Neo-Nazis, Gets Them Fired
Howard Costner and Jesse Jones were, until Monday, employed as jail guards in Spalding County,...
Read MoreA Chinese Court Has Sentenced an American Football Player to Four Years in Prison
(BEIJING) — A Chinese court sentenced former American football player Wendell Brown to four years in prison Thursday for being involved in a bar fight, a punishment his lawyer and an activist called excessive. Brown, a native of...
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Torture is unacceptable and unjustified ‘at all times’ underscore top UN officials
In his message to mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Secretary-General...
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Comparing Democratic Distress in the United States and Europe
Liberal democracy is in crisis where it was long thought most securely established. In both...
Read MoreAfter prisoners debate parole before Illinois lawmakers, state halts class
Last month, Illinois Department of Correctionsofficials abruptly suspended a popular debate class for inmates at Stateville Correctional Center, roughly one month after the participants in the class debated the state’s parole...
Read MoreDoes detaining an immigrant for a year cost 4 times federal spending on a child in public school?
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., challenged the Department of Homeland Security’s spending practices, saying the agency is “unnecessarily detaining people,” such as pregnant women. Murray offered a comparison of federal...
Read MoreIn Chicago, more than $20 million in police misconduct settlements paid out in eight weeks
The city of Chicago paid more than $20 million in settlements for police-involved lawsuits in the first two months of the year, WBBM-TV reported Tuesday, and there could be millions of dollars more paid out in the near future....
Read MorePennsylvania Wardens Let Guards Rape Women in Cells for Years, Lawsuit Claims
This is the third lawsuit and the fourth plaintiff in Lackawanna County’s prison sexual-assault scandal, involving at least 16 female victims and 10 alleged perpetrators. OLIVIA MESSER 04.03.18 10:17 AM ET A former inmate has...
Read MorePro-Pot Lawmakers Launch a Congressional Cannabis Caucus
Four members of the U.S. congress are banding together to protect the growing marijuana industry. A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers launched the Congressional Cannabis Caucus in a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on...
Read MoreColorado Is Using $3 Million From Marijuana Tax To Provide Food And Housing For The Homeless
For more than fifty years, lawmakers and citizens have debated the legalization of marijuana. Regardless of how you feel about that debate, you have to feel good about the fact that in Colorado taxes from marijuana are going to...
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