Mass Incarceration
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NYPD Using “Zombie Warrants” To Skip The Courts and Lock People Up, Lawsuit Says
The lead plaintiff in a new lawsuit claims he was detained for four days in Rikers Island in 2020 over a vacated warrant from the 1980s.
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NYPD is Illegally Sending People To Rikers Without Taking Them Before a Judge, According to Lawsuit
A new class action lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York accuses the NYPD of "an extrajudicial campaign of terror and kidnapping."
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Official Misconduct and Falsified Evidence Are Why Innocent Black People Get Imprisoned, Report Finds
The report says Black people are seven times more likely to be falsely convicted of serious crimes.
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Judge Angered by Hidden Evidence in Wrongful Conviction of Louisiana Man
The man was incarcerated for 36 years for a crime he didn’t commit.
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Manhattan DA Talks Office Expansion to Investigate Wrongful Convictions
After the final exoneration from the Central Park Five case, the Manhattan DA's office has a new commitment to freeing falsely imprisoned individuals.
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Three Black Men Exonerated in Horrible 1995 Subway Killing
The case was allegedly based on false confessions and flawed evidence.
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Detroit to Pay $7.5M to Black Man Who Claims Cops Framed Him for Murder
Desmond Ricks alleged the police switched bullets to connect him to the incident.
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San Francisco Man Exonerated after 3 Decades in Prison
The San Francisco DA dismissed the case against Joaquin Ciria after finding false witness testimonies and police misconduct led to his conviction.
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Black Florida Man Released From Prison After 30 Years, but Prosecutors Still Want Him Locked Up
The legacy of racism in America’s “justice” system has frequently resulted in the release of Black men from prison, after they’ve spent decades locked up for crimes they were convicted for under sketchy circumstances. Such is the case of Crosley Green, a 63-year-old Black man who spent more than 30 years behind bars before he…
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lllinois Becomes First State to End Cash Bail After Governor Signs Historic Criminal Reform Measure Into Law
Illinois on Monday became the first state to eliminate cash bail, the system under which people are kept in jail without being convicted of a crime—simply because they cannot afford to pay bail. Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law a bill recently passed in the Illinois legislature to end the practice across Illinois by 2023,…