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A public defender on the judge at the first Weinstein trial: "He was behaving like a prosecutor."

The nation’s criminal legal system fails to lower crime rates or bring healing to victims and communities because its chief aim is retaliation instead of restoration, according to an expert on alternatives to mass incarceration.

Donald Fields Jr faced a life sentence. Instead, his case became a pioneering instance of restorative justice

How to kick our national addiction to prisons and punishment.

How to kick our national addiction to prisons.

The United States is infamous for its prison system. With less than 5% of the world’s population, the U.S. houses 25% of the world’s incarcerated people. Nearly seven million people live in prisons, jails, immigrant concentration camps, and related facilities.

The United States is infamous for its prison system. With less than 5% of the world’s population, the U.S. houses 25% of the world’s incarcerated people. Nearly seven million people live in prisons, jails, immigrant concentration camps, and related facilities.

Opinion Opinion Advocates for ideas and draws conclusions based on the author/producer’s interpretation of facts and data. What Does Accountability Look Like Without Punishment? May 25, 2021 Demonstrators link arms during a protest on April 23, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Activists with the group Freedom Fighters D.C. gathered on Friday for the first of three days of rallies calling to abolish the police. Photo by Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images When most people are introduced to abolition, the...