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Amid last year's contentious debate over the SAFE-T Act and the elimination of cash bail in Illinois, a pair of Loyola University Chicago criminal justice professors set out to determine whether bail reform does, as some claimed, lead to more crime. Here's what they found.
Amid last year's contentious debate over the SAFE-T Act and the elimination of cash bail in Illinois, a pair of Loyola University Chicago criminal justice professors set out to determine whether bail reform does, as some claimed, lead to more crime. Here's what they found.
More than half of the criminal cases in Milwaukee County never make it to a trial, instead they end in a plea deal. An expert explains what plea deals are, how they work and what's the impact.
Colorado first in nation to move toward statewide use of data to improve the fairness and effectiveness of the criminal justice system.
Eight Colorado district attorneys launched statewide, public prosecutorial data dashboards Thursday to increase transparency.