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Problems with police, prosecutors and courts have people asking: is our criminal justice system broken? University of Pittsburgh law professor David Harris interviews the people who know the...
On June 10, Dave gave an hour-long presentation on law and racial justice for the Center on Race and Social Problems at the University of Pi...
Minneapolis takes a bold step, announcing it will dismantle the police department that sparked protests nationwide with the murder of George...
Derek Chauvin faces second- and third-degree murder and assault charges, and the three other Minneapolis police officers who watched him kil...
Viral video of an encounter in NYC's Central Park shows a white woman calling 911 to report another park user is threatening her life, appar...
Another horrific episode of police violence, captured on video in Minneapolis, graphically recalls the 2014 killing of Eric Garner by NYPD o...
The killing of an unarmed black man, Ahmaud Arbery, by two white men in Georgia went largely unnoticed until video of the February shooting...
Recommended reading on how COVID-19 is impacting incarcerated populations and what must be done to avoid catastrophe: "Let the People Go" by...
COVID-19 has exposed systemic injustice and institutional failures at every level of society, and nowhere more than in the criminal justice...
Louisiana's public defender system is funded by fines from traffic violations. But with far fewer cars on the road due to COVID-19, an alrea...
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that jury decisions in state criminal cases must be unanimous, overturning a precedent that goes back to Jim Cr...
Workplaces are adjusting to life under lockdown by holding meetings via videoconference — and the U.S. Supreme Court is no exception. Suppor...
President Trump claims "total authority" to override governors and end their stay-at-home orders, yet again raising the question: can he do...
A trademark lawsuit out of Chicago raises the question: in the midst of a global pandemic, what counts as a legal "emergency"? Support Crimi...
The Supreme Court upholds Kansas's law barring the insanity defense in criminal proceedings. Dave breaks down the decision in Kahler v Kansa...
Can you believe it? Our first episode was published on this date in 2016! 117 interviews and countless bonus episodes later, producer Josh R...
Chicago's progressive chief prosecutor, Kim Foxx, has survived her first reelection challenge in the Democratic primary. Meanwhile, reformer...
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing our institutions to confront a host of thorny problems. Among the thorniest for the criminal justice system...
Squalid and unhealthy even in the best of times, prisons and especially jails are especially vulnerable during a pandemic. That's not just a...
Every year, more than 600,000 Americans leave our jails and prisons. Many are on parole. Others people are put on probation instead of going...
Dave appears on WESA's The Confluence to discuss the case of a Pennsylvania judge disciplined for racist comments. Support Criminal Injustic...
Entertainment tycoon Harvey Weinstein was convicted last month on a range of sexual assault charges. Dave analyzes the decision and what it...
San Quentin Prison in California has always had a reputation as one of the toughest, most violent prisons anywhere. But twelve years ago, th...
A post by Paul Butler at Crime Story Daily proposes a new theory about the uproar over actor Jussie Smollett's disputed claim of being the v...
The Trump administration's immigration lawsuits against so-called "sanctuary" jurisdictions pits the Justice Department against the doctrine...
The thwarted sentencing of Roger Stone kicks off the latest in a series of cascading crises for the integrity of the Justice Department, and...
Every year, courts hand out sentences of life without the possibility of parole to people convicted of serious crimes. Our guest today was o...
This episode originally appeared on the Criminal Injustice members feed on November 17, 2019. To hear all of our premium episodes as soon as...
The chief prosecutor of St. Louis, a woman of color elected in 2016 on a reform platform, has faced intense pushback from the day she took o...
Why are so many people dying in Mississippi state prisons? As with most systemic problems, the causes are many and complex. Support Criminal...
Donald Trump's impeachment lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, makes a remarkable assertion: if the president believes his own reelection is in the nat...
When HIV appeared in the U.S., it was a death sentence and a source of real fear. Now, with treatment, people living with the virus can live...
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At the direction of Donald Trump, U.S. Attorney General William Barr is launching a national commission on crime and law enforcement. It's n...
A quick note from Dave with details on upcoming public appearances for A City Divided: Race, Fear and the Law in Police Confrontations . Sup...
Police suicides are on the rise. Just how bad is the problem? Why is it happening, and what can be done to stop it? Sandy Jo MacArthur is a...
Florida may soon execute a man convicted of murder largely on the testimony of another man with whom he shared a jail cell. The problem? The...
A City Divided, David Harris's book on the 2010 beating of Jordan Miles by Pittsburgh police, drops this week. You can hear him talk about t...
Years before Ferguson, the well-publicized beating of a black teen by three white police officers exposed a deep racial divide in Pittsburgh...
The National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice began just a year after Ferguson. The Initiative aimed to improve criminal...
Criminal Injustice returns with new episodes on January 7, 2020. Until then, we're reposting some of our favorite interviews. This episode o...
Criminal Injustice returns with new episodes on January 7, 2020. Until then, we're reposting some of our favorite interviews. This episode o...
Criminal Injustice returns with new episodes on January 7, 2020. Until then, we're reposting some of our favorite interviews. This episode o...
Earlier this month, police killed four people on a South Florida highway: two robbery suspects, their apparent hostage, and a bystander. Whe...
Criminal Injustice returns with new episodes on January 7, 2020. Until then, we're reposting some of our favorite interviews. This episode o...
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Recommended: NPR's November 4 report on the release of hundreds of prisoners in Oklahoma after their sentences were reduced by the state's P...
Did you know that police officers in eight states also double as prosecutors? Dave recommends The Appeal 's October 10 report by Julia Rock...
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In the U.S., our prisons are full of people raised in the poorest neighborhoods, who only had access to the worst schools. So what happens w...
Four Pittsburgh teens, accused of a crime they did not commit, spent months in jail despite having an ironclad alibi. What happened? Dave di...