Corporate Criminal Prosecutions: How Should DOJ Prosecutors Be Held Accountable?

In a new law review article for the American Journal of Criminal Law, I take a look at the recent (increasing) use of deferred and non-prosecution agreements by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to settle corporate criminal prosecutions. To say…

Advance Equality by Ending the Misuse of Jails

By Nicholas Turner, President and Director of the Vera Institute of Justice & Kaitlin Kall, Program Associate for the Vera Institute of Justice

When Dolfinette Martin was 24 years old she was arrested for stealing $300 worth of clothing from Macy’s in…

Most of young adults are still learning how to cope with being taken advantage of. They are still not independent, and often their families don’t take the responsibility for the upbringing, and the upbringing is one of the major factors that form your personality, including your capabilities to recognize when you are being taken advantage of. If you…