Public Defenders Run for Judge to Reduce Mass Incarceration
Mar 4, 2024 — Newsrooms and voters tend to overlook judicial elections—despite the tremendous power judges hold in the criminal legal system. Los Angeles elected its first Black public …
Felony Murder, Explained - The Appeal
Mar 4, 2021 — Felony Murder, Explained. The felony murder rule has a long and complicated history that is worth examining precisely because it’s not that simple.
The Power of Sheriffs: Explained - The Appeal
Jan 4, 2019 — In September 2018, President Trump stood in front of 44 sheriffs as he began another diatribe against the New York Times and other media outlets that had published …
The Movement to Decriminalize Psilocybin, Explained
Mar 1, 2021 — The latest frontier in drug reform has been the loosening of legal restrictions on psilocybin—the psychoactive compound in “magic mushrooms.”
The Criminalization of Homelessness: Explained - The Appeal
Jun 29, 2018 — Topics. Policing; Pretrial; Prosecution; Punishment; Criminalization; Politics; Alternatives; Newsletter; The Criminalization of Homelessness: Explained. Most evenings, …
Qualified Immunity: Explained - The Appeal
Jun 19, 2019 — On the morning of Nov. 23, 2004, Malaika Brooks was driving her 11-year-old son to school when Seattle police pulled her over for speeding. When the officers gave her a ticket …
False Confessions, Explained - The Appeal
Jun 7, 2021 — False Confessions, Explained. Ending false confessions is a moral imperative that requires action from police and all the stakeholders in the criminal legal system.
Tens of thousands of people are raped in prisons each year - The …
Apr 18, 2022 — Cynthia Alvarado Photo by Val Kiebala Women Silenced Behind Prison Walls . For incarcerated women, sexual assault often comes on top of a long history of abuse. More than …
Locked In, Priced Out: Commissary Database - The Appeal
The Appeal has created the first national database of prison commissary lists. Using the tool below, you can access full lists from the vast majority of U.S. states and see prices for many …
Locked In, Priced Out: How Prison Commissary Price-Gouging …
Apr 17, 2024 — Today, The Appeal published Locked In, Priced Out, a project that includes a first-of-its-kind database of prison commissary lists from 46 states. This project also examines the …