Criminal Justice

Can the lengths the law goes to hide institutional actors from public accountability be morally justified?

If the prevalence of racial bias and the demands of law enforcement makes rights violations predictable, are we not then complicit in maintaining the status quo?

Deploying the vocabulary of hate crime legislation might be more important than prosecuting offenders.

The kidnapping and murder of Sarah Everard represents structural violence and is not the unexplainable and unimaginable act it's been made out to be.

Concerns over privacy and the use of police funds may hobble the deployment of new peacekeeping technology.

What might explain the difference in our intuitions regarding the death penalty and life in prison?

Can looting and vandalism ever be considered a justified response to oppression? Does it effectively communicate a message of resistance?

The "law and order" slogan is nothing more than a wish return to the status quo that is fundamentally opposed to the project of racial justice.

What function is the law supposed to serve and why is that aim sometimes at odds with justice?

Depictions of Rittenhouse as a brave patriot standing his ground and acting in self-defense are doing legal and moral harm.

Upon what theory of punishment do the incarcerated not deserve protection from exploitation?

Media narratives regarding the "Wall of Moms" protests in Portland have a lot to say about implicit bias and the responsibilities of white allyship.

What model of punishment best accommodates our intuitions in this particular case?

Does the very possibility of wrongful conviction — inherent to the BARD standard — render capital punishment unconscionable?

Confronting real-world violence can be an important agent of change. Might we have a social responsibility to share and bear witness to real-life horrors?

Identifying and disassembling the institutions of white supremacy will require a concerted effort. What does allyship require?

Can the lengths the law goes to hide institutional actors from public accountability be morally justified?

Abolishing law enforcement as we know it could mean many different things. Can the history of the police force give us direction in where to go from here?

How did a staunchly conservative Supreme Court judge side with a sweeping win for the LGBT community? The answer lies in textualism.

As many police practices come under increasing scrutiny, we must consider the role of nonhuman animals in police forces.