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Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice news and analysis from The Nation
July 17, 2019
The decline of regional news will lead to a golden age of corruption.
July 15, 2019
How the 45th president has packed the courts with ultraconservatives—and reshaped the judiciary for a generation.
July 11, 2019
While leftists in Queens have come very far in a year, they still haven’t seized every rein of power.
July 10, 2019
The arrest of one man is not enough. We have to fight the system that allowed a wealthy child molester to escape real justice.
July 2, 2019
This week on Next Left , meet a judge who believes our incarceration complex is “not a defensible system.”
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June 25, 2019
The 31-year-old, queer Latina public defender has dealt another shocking blow to the Queens Democratic machine.
June 25, 2019
The criminal-justice reformer who has promised "people-powered justice" finished primary night with a lead of more than 1,000 votes.
June 19, 2019
On June 25, Queens residents could elect one of the most progressive DAs in history.
June 18, 2019
Last fall, voters overwhelmingly passed a referendum giving the vote back to felons who complete their sentences. Now the legislature is trying to block it.
June 13, 2019
The Queens candidate tells The Nation she would prosecute bad landlords, predatory lenders, and abusive employers—not black and brown communities.
