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From Convicted Murderer to Exoneree to Law Grad Jun. 05, 2019
What would you do if you were falsely accused and convicted of a brutal rape and murder you didn't c... Read More
The Prison Waiting Game Not Recommended May. 31, 2019
DR. WALLACE: I'm writing concerning the girl who was 18 and wanted to know if she should wait for he... Read More
It Makes No Sense to Suspend Driver's Licenses to Force Payments of Court Fines May. 30, 2019
There's a fundamental disconnect in the suspension of driver's licenses to punish people who lack th... Read More
The Staggering Costs of Imprisonment in the US May. 25, 2019
Guess how much our nation's system of mass incarceration costs each year? I'm talking about the taxp... Read More
Real-Life 'Handmaid's Tale' Looms Larger as Lawmakers Push Draconian Abortion Laws May. 17, 2019
There's no denying the obvious ploy by Republican state legislators in Alabama to impose the most dr... Read More
Without Medicaid, Justice Reform Is a Con Apr. 05, 2019
During the final days of March, President Donald Trump proclaimed that April would be the "Second Ch... Read More
Transparency Bill Helps Public and the Cops Mar. 11, 2019
Transparency in government provides a major distinction between a free society and one in which auth... Read More
Short Takes on Charity, Kindness, Meanness and the Weirdness of R. Kelly Mar. 11, 2019
Keeping Josiah on the Move The thief who made off with a 3-year-old's prosthetic leg deserves all th... Read More
Missouri Could Soon Shut Down Its System of De Facto Debtors' Prisons Mar. 08, 2019
The Missouri House this week gave near-unanimous approval to a measure that would stop local court s... Read More
Protecting Juvenile Offenders' Right to Legal Representation Mar. 07, 2019
An all too common tragedy occurs in juvenile justice when young people accused of crimes are pressur... Read More
Relief for Victims of Pot Prohibition: Cory Booker's Marijuana Justice Act Highlights Moral Imperative of Automatic Expungement Mar. 06, 2019
Cory Booker's Marijuana Justice Act, which he reintroduced last week, would rehabilitate the much-ma... Read More
Poem Inspires Teacher to Share Message Feb. 27, 2019
DR. WALLACE: About seven or eight years ago, an older teen was in prison for illegal involvement wit... Read More
Wait Until You're 18 Feb. 23, 2019
DR. WALLACE: My best friend and I are unhappy at home and at school, and we are talking about runnin... Read More
Arrest Wardens to Stop Cruel and Unusual Punishment Feb. 15, 2019
"Sick and frantic" was how inmates at the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn were des... Read More
Not Separate, And Yet Unequal: The Criminalization of Black Children In Public Schools Feb. 07, 2019
By the time the four 12-year-old girls' parents released a letter last Friday detailing the events t... Read More
Short Takes on Recent News of the Weird Feb. 05, 2019
Thank You for Your Service The American Civil Liberties Union sounded the alarm after a Hispanic man... Read More
High Cash Bail Without Due Process Violates Defendants' Fundamental Rights Feb. 04, 2019
If America's constitutional principle of justice had to be boiled down to four words, they would be:... Read More
Sex Offender Registry Afoul of Constitution Jan. 28, 2019
Michigan lawmakers seem keen on making important reforms to the state's criminal justice system, whi... Read More
I'll Be a Little Smarter Jan. 05, 2019
DR. WALLACE: I'm 18 and a first-year student at the University of Minnesota. The fellow I'm dating i... Read More
The New Geography of Opportunity Jan. 03, 2019
The Trump Administration announced in late December a major push forward on one of the signature fea... Read More
