Records Show the Government Illegally Surveilled James Comey and Confirm the Absurdity of Its Case Against Him
admin The Secret Service asserted a nonexistent "emergency" to track Comey's cellphone, and the FBI's evidence falls far short of proving…
Criminal Justice
How Jailhouse Snitches Send Innocent People to Death Row
Pamela Colloff discusses the dangers of incentivized testimony, as well as the difficulty of overturning wrongful convictions.
In 39 States, People Can Be Sentenced to Life for Murders They Did Not Commit
The Sentencing Project highlights the perverse consequences of the felony murder rule, a vestige of British law that still prevails…
How the Right to Trial Became a Legal Fiction
Half a century after approving coercive plea bargaining, the Supreme Court is beginning to recognize its costs.
A Trump-Appointed Judge Quashes a Subpoena Aimed at Validating the President’s Stolen-Election Fantasy
The decision rebukes the DOJ for demanding "private and sensitive" information about Georgia election workers "without a legitimate purpose."
A Supreme Court Decision Restricting Appeal Waivers Underlines the Injustice of Coercive Plea Bargaining
The Supreme Court ruled that "an agreement not to appeal a sentence is unenforceable when it would result in a…
The Other Vindictive Part of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Case
A federal judge last week threw out a criminal indictment against him on the grounds that it was tainted by…