Gov. Phil Murphy touts creation of clemency program on Juneteenth

Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) is using this Juneteenth holiday to seek out criminal justice reform. The…

California voters could have opportunity to rebuke criminal justice reform at the ballot box

Voters in California could decide on a measure that could roll back progressive reforms to the…

Illinois looking to relabel ‘offenders’ as ‘justice-impacted individuals’

Illinois is moving forward with a bill that would reclassify some “offenders” as “justice-impacted individuals.” Under…

Why is California so slow to protect children from sex crimes?

For a state that wishes to be one of the nation’s agenda-setters and serve as a…