News Archives

The Debate Over Racial Profiling in the Durham Police Department (WUNC, The State of Things, May 5, 2014)

National Research Council Finds Mass Incarceration "Not Serving the Country Well" (Equal Justice Initiative, May 5, 2014)

Report: The Growth of Incarceration in the United States: Exploring the Causes and Consequences (2014)

How a National Spike in Incarceration Affects Crime, Cost, and Communities (PBS News Hour, May 1, 2014)

Panel: DPD Hasn’t Eradicated Race Bias (Herald-Sun, April 29, 2014)

Attorney General Holder: Justice Department to Collect Data on Stops, Arrests as Part of Effort to Curb Racial Bias in Criminal Justice System (US Department of Justice, April 28, 2014)

Clemency Project 2014 Praises Justice Department for Breathing New Life Into Clemency Process  (ACLU, April 23, 2014)

Barry Scheck: Stunning New Case Highlights How Race Bias Corrupts Justice (Salon, April 15, 2014)

Racial Justice Act Rulings Could Provide Road Map for Other Cases  (WRAL, April 14, 2014)

Shocking police overreach haunts Southern city; Racial profiling, quotas, and secret “conviction bonuses”  (Salon, April 10, 2014)