21 Apr A Plain Language Summary for Pro Se Litigants (and Everyone)
A handful of judges have started including a plain language summary in cases involving pro se litigants. Why shouldn't they always do it?
Governmental Accountability
05 Apr Another Update: USP Tucson Avoids Oversight Month Later
It's been a month since we published our original story on the gun incident at USP Tucson. Accountability still seems impossible.
24 Mar Court Says BOP Free From Oversight On Other FSA Incentives
Most of us know about the First Step Act time-credits program, but the FSA also requires that the BOP award prisoners other incentives too.
15 Mar What It’s Like Litigating Against the BOP in a First Step Act Case
Litigating against the BOP in a First Step Act case is kind of like trying to hit a moving piñata blindfolded. Yufenyuy v. Warden shows why.
13 Mar The Subtly Radical Reforms of Merrick Garland
Merrick Garland has instituted a number of criminal justice reforms in his memoranda to federal prosecutors.
01 Mar Update: Last Week’s Story About USP Tucson and the BOP
The BOP response to the gun incident at USP Tucson continues to baffle the loved ones of the campers who could have died that day.
23 Feb BOP Transparency Vows Over USP Tucson Gun Incident Meant Nothing
A husband tried to murder his wife in a visiting room at the BOP's minimum-security camp at USP Tucson. The BOP did virtually nothing.
20 Feb An Independent Judiciary That Plays For One Team
Most Americans want a judiciary independent from politics. But what about a judiciary that's independent from the government?
17 Feb The Power To Put You On Death Row Is Strong
Your constitutional rights are supposed make it hard to put you on death row. But the government's power is often stronger than your rights.
14 Feb The Tragic Inevitability of Tyre Nichols
The murder of Tyre Nichols was the inevitable result of the underreporting of police shootings that is far too common in the U.S.