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Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice news and analysis from The Nation
September 12, 2019
“The death penalty has no place in a just society,” said Representative Ayanna Pressley. Tonight's Democratic debate in Texas presents the candidates with the chance to unify around that cause.
September 10, 2019
Sarah Weinman’s new book traces the true crime that influenced Nabokov and the writing of his novel.
August 22, 2019
When it comes to extending the statute of limitations for survivors of abuse, late is better than never.
August 20, 2019
No, Epstein was not killed by a cabal of powerful men who wanted to silence him. But his death was part of a larger plot: the US prison system.
August 19, 2019
An Indiana city learns that a weak response to white supremacists has predictable consequences.
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August 16, 2019
When my relative stabbed PM Hendrik Verwoerd to death, he was described as a “madman”—but he was really trying to bring down apartheid.
August 12, 2019
Trump wants to push the Epstein story into the realm of free-floating speculation and fantasy. We need to keep it grounded in evidence.
August 7, 2019
“Four years from now there’s going to be a movement of people who are hungry for real, transformative criminal justice reform.”
August 1, 2019
Shani Curry Mitchell is challenging her Republican ex-boss in Monroe County’s next district attorney race.
July 31, 2019
The runoff between Tiffany Cabán and Melinda Katz isn’t over until the courts decide it is.
