03/16/2026
The Consensus Statement on HIV Bodily Autonomy, Surveillance, and Informed Consent (BASIC), CHLP et al (2026) | The Center for HIV Law and Policy
HIV BASIC is a group of advocates, including people living with HIV (PLHIV), abolitionists, researchers, racial justice and human rights organizers, and public health policy and legal experts working together to address the crisis connecting health status criminalization, public health, and the e
09/20/2025
Luigi Mangione calls the death penalty unconstitutional in a court filing critical of Pam Bondi
Mangione filed a 114-page legal attack on the death penalty and US Attorney General Pam Bondi. He is charged in the murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson.
08/02/2025
The surprising connection between brain injuries and crime
Here's a shocking statistic: 50 to 80 percent of people in the criminal justice system in the US have had a traumatic brain injury. In the general public, that number is less than five percent. Neuropsychologist Kim Gorgens shares her research into the connection between brain trauma and the behavio...
07/24/2025
We don't use fake citations or draft with AI.
Court Kicks Lawyers Off Case After Finding Fake AI Cases In Filings - Above the Law
Butler Snow's hallucinations earn three lawyers disqualification in harsh benchslap.
07/23/2025
The criminal justice system cannot afford budget cuts. This affects the common good adversely.
Forensic crime labs are buckling as new technology increases demand
Across the country, state and local crime labs are drowning in evidence. From r**e kits to drug samples to vials of blood, delays in forensic testing are stalling prosecutions, stretching court calendars and forcing impossible choices about what gets tested — and what doesn’t. Now, as the need f...
02/26/2025
Supreme Court throws out Oklahoma death row inmate's conviction over flawed trial
In an unusual case, death row inmate Richard Glossip was backed by the state's Republican attorney general, who agreed the conviction was unsound.
11/21/2024
This is why I fight for people.
An Alabama D.A. filed legally impossible charges against school board members who crossed him
On October 12, 2023, the seven-member board that overseas public schools in Escambia County, Alabama, met to consider renewing Superintendent Michele
11/15/2024
Big Brother is everywhere.
Huntsville-born software engineer mapping license plate readers nationwide: ‘I don’t like being tracked’
“While these systems can be useful for tracking stolen cars or wanted individuals, they are mostly used to track the movements of innocent people.”
07/11/2024
There’s a Junk Science Crisis in Criminal Convictions. Sonia Sotomayor Calls It Out in Alabama Bite-Mark Case.
While the Supreme Court refused to hear the case of Charles McCrory, Sonia Sotomayor said states should act to help those imprisoned on debunked forensics.
06/09/2024
No, Steve Marshall. Not many are going to follow your lead....
Ex*****on by nitrogen hypoxia doesn’t seem headed for widespread adoption as bills fall short and nitrogen producers object | CNN
The day after Alabama carried out the first-known US ex*****on using nitrogen gas, its attorney general sent a clear message to death penalty states that might want to follow suit: “Alabama has done it, and now so can you.”
05/29/2024
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals Categorically Bars Review of Racial Bias in Capital Jury Selection
The Death Penalty Information Center is a non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information about capital punishment.…