Criminal Justice

Criminal justice policy news including sentencing reform, prison conditions, policing practices, and Justice Department enforcement. Coverage addresses federal prosecution priorities, clemency decisions, private prisons, and efforts to reform the criminal justice system.

141 posts

• Day 1842: "A strategic reset." Feb 4, 2026
• Day 1714: "There’ll be others." Sep 29, 2025
• Day 1710: "Why is that such a big deal?" Sep 25, 2025
• Day 1709: "That is un-American." Sep 24, 2025
• Day 1700: "im sorry for all of this." Sep 15, 2025
• Day 1679: "I’m not a dictator. I’m a man with great common sense and a smart person." Aug 25, 2025
• Day 1673: "I think the president was serious." Aug 19, 2025
• Day 1653: "Keep the door open." Jul 30, 2025
• Day 1574: "Total reset." May 12, 2025
• Day 1435: "Mired itself in an ethical crisis of its own making." Dec 24, 2024
• Day 1421: "For the health of our Republic." Dec 10, 2024
• Day 1372: "There’s no point." Oct 22, 2024
• Day 1350: "One really violent day." Sep 30, 2024
• Day 1329: "The chosen one." Sep 9, 2024
• Day 1296: "Bringing back the joy." Aug 7, 2024
• Day 1295: "It’s personal." Aug 6, 2024
• Day 1260: "The American people must decide." Jul 2, 2024
• Day 1259: "The President is now a king above the law." Jul 1, 2024
• Day 1246: "A good day." Jun 18, 2024
• Day 1238: "Can't be compromised." Jun 10, 2024
• Day 1233: "It’s going to have to happen to them." Jun 5, 2024
• Day 1232: "Will not be intimidated." Jun 4, 2024
• Day 1225: "Lacking in substance and professional courtesy." May 28, 2024
• Day 1211: "It's cheating." May 14, 2024
• Day 1203: "Not serving as a deterrent." May 6, 2024
• Day 1199: "What have we done." May 2, 2024
• Day 1197: "You know, it depends." Apr 30, 2024
• Day 1183: "A clusterfuck." Apr 16, 2024
• Day 1182: "Take the win." Apr 15, 2024
• Day 1162: "Sufficient risk." Mar 26, 2024
• Day 1101: "The nominee." Jan 25, 2024
• Day 1080: "A scandal." Jan 4, 2024
• Day 1052: "We have a long road ahead." Dec 7, 2023
• Day 1043: "The situation remains catastrophic." Nov 28, 2023
• Day 1008: "Collective punishment." Oct 24, 2023
• Day 996: "Even when it's difficult." Oct 12, 2023
• Day 968: "Frustrated with some people." Sep 14, 2023
• Day 959: "Deeply troubled." Sep 5, 2023
• Day 954: "A mountain of undisputed evidence." Aug 31, 2023
• Day 945: "A tremendous courtesy." Aug 22, 2023
• Day 944: "Unprecedented weaponization." Aug 21, 2023
• Day 918: "A long way to go." Jul 26, 2023
• Day 910: "Extraordinary circumstances." Jul 18, 2023
• Day 875: "They hate Donald Trump." Jun 13, 2023
• Day 856: "An ongoing threat." May 25, 2023
• Day 839: "Calamity." May 8, 2023
• Day 828: "This issue is too important." Apr 27, 2023
• Day 805: "Can't believe this is happening in America." Apr 4, 2023
• Day 793: "False expectations." Mar 23, 2023
• Day 790: "A final warning." Mar 20, 2023
• Day 783: "Substantial concerns." Mar 13, 2023
• Day 764: "Indifference and betrayal." Feb 22, 2023
• Day 757: "No second chances." Feb 15, 2023
• Day 741: "Reasonable and responsible." Jan 30, 2023
• Day 625: "Historic fragility." Oct 6, 2022
• Day 574: "Never had a doubt." Aug 16, 2022
• Day 562: "Breonna Taylor should be alive today." Aug 4, 2022
• Day 559: "Playing with fire." Aug 1, 2022
• Day 503: "Delivering for the American people." Jun 6, 2022
• Day 468: "Strain." May 2, 2022
• Day 447: "We control them all." Apr 11, 2022
• Day 413: "It's going to cost us as well." Mar 8, 2022
• Day 399: "Share the pain." Feb 22, 2022
• Day 366: "Profoundly disappointed." Jan 20, 2022
• Day 352: "A perpetual state of emergency." Jan 6, 2022
• Day 307: "Backsliding." Nov 22, 2021
• Day 260: "The country is watching." Oct 6, 2021
• Day 251: "An unnecessary, avoidable disaster." Sep 27, 2021
• Day 241: "A catastrophic pathway." Sep 17, 2021
• Day 237: "There's no way." Sep 13, 2021
• Day 232: "All options." Sep 8, 2021
• Day 213: "Strategic ambiguity." Aug 20, 2021
• Day 192: "Leave the rest to me." Jul 30, 2021
• Day 185: "The unvaccinated folks." Jul 23, 2021
• Day 181: Repatriated. Jul 19, 2021
• Day 169: "A lot of good things." Jul 7, 2021
• Day 164: "An affront to our shared humanity." Jul 2, 2021
• Day 162: "A more stable and secure world." Jun 30, 2021
• Day 157: "Particular cruelty." Jun 25, 2021
• Day 127: "Closer to a definitive conclusion." May 26, 2021
• Day 120: "Offensive and humiliating." May 19, 2021
• Day 108: "We have a long way to go." May 7, 2021
• Day 100: "Crisis into opportunity." Apr 29, 2021
• Day 94: "A critical step." Apr 23, 2021
• Day 92: "An American achievement." Apr 21, 2021
• Day 91: "Overwhelming." Apr 20, 2021
• Day 83: "Accidental discharge." Apr 12, 2021
• Day 73: "Low risk." Apr 2, 2021
• Day 44: "No matter how long it takes." Mar 4, 2021
• Day 31: "We have a lot to do." Feb 19, 2021
• Day 27: "A disgraceful dereliction of duty." Feb 15, 2021
• Day 22: "Inciter in chief." Feb 10, 2021
• Day 10: "Wake-up call." Jan 29, 2021
• Day 1411: "Hapless." Nov 30, 2020
• Day 1351: "The single largest driver of misinformation." Oct 1, 2020
• Day 1324: "Losers." Sep 4, 2020
• Day 1317: "Profoundly." Aug 28, 2020
• Day 1268: "An unbelievable thing." Jul 10, 2020
• Day 1254: "And we have an election coming up." Jun 26, 2020
• Day 1251: "Mixed bag." Jun 23, 2020
• Day 1237: "We're still at the beginning." Jun 9, 2020
• Day 1228: American carnage. May 31, 2020
• Day 1195: "Can't imagine why." Apr 28, 2020
• Day 1125: "Openly and repeatedly flouted." Feb 18, 2020
• Day 1118: Excessive. Feb 11, 2020
• Day 1083: "Historic nightmare." Jan 7, 2020
• Day 1062: An open war on American Democracy. Dec 17, 2019
• Day 1036: Weaponized falsehoods. Nov 21, 2019
• Day 928: "Enabling white supremacy." Aug 5, 2019
• Day 917: Extensive activity. Jul 25, 2019
• Day 895: Moving forward. Jul 3, 2019
• Day 838: Privilege. May 7, 2019
• Day 827: Defensive. Apr 26, 2019
• Day 783: Gaming the system. Mar 13, 2019
• Day 767: Super-creepy and inappropriate. Feb 25, 2019
• Day 699: Everybody out. Dec 19, 2018
• Day 693: The Diplomacy Project. Dec 13, 2018
• Day 692: Hello darkness, my old friend. Dec 12, 2018
• Day 687: Undisciplined. Dec 7, 2018
• Day 685: Substantial assistance. Dec 5, 2018
• Day 656: Setting a tone. Nov 6, 2018
• Day 650: Maximum harm. Oct 31, 2018
• Day 644: Boring. Oct 25, 2018
• Day 636: Natural instinct. Oct 17, 2018
• Day 582: You can do it. Aug 24, 2018
• Day 538: Tremendous relationships. Jul 11, 2018
• Day 496: "An absolute, total tool." May 30, 2018
• Day 489: Taxi King. May 23, 2018
• Day 393: Information warfare. Feb 16, 2018
• Day 344: Looks bad. Dec 29, 2017
• Day 279: Drain the swamp. Oct 25, 2017
• Day 176: Counterintelligence. Jul 14, 2017
• Day 173: "Incriminate Hillary." Jul 11, 2017
• Day 172: Damaging information. Jul 10, 2017
• Day 147: Phony. Jun 15, 2017
• Day 145: Haxored. Jun 13, 2017
• Day 113: Another fucking Twitter tirade. May 12, 2017
• Day 88: Strategic patience. Apr 17, 2017
• Day 65: Shit list. Mar 25, 2017
• Day 58: Imminent. Mar 18, 2017
• Day 52: Worse off. Mar 12, 2017