Editors’ Note: Cross-posted from The Washington Post, January 19, 2022. By Justin Jouvenal Virginia’s new Attorney General Jason S. Miyares has already launched a probe of a state parole board he feels failed crime victims, fired several employees, including in… Read More ›
criminal justice
War on Children, Chapter 3
Editors’ Note: This is Chapter 3 of a six-chapter expose by ProPublica, an independent, nonprofit “newsroom” that produces investigative journalism “with moral force.” The treatment of children in Tennessee reported here, of whatever race, by local officials, is almost unimaginable…. Read More ›
State Treatment of Black–and Other–Children
Editors’ Note: This is Chapter 1 of a six-chapter expose by ProPublica, an independent, nonprofit “newsroom” that produces investigative journalism “with moral force.” The treatment of children in Tennessee reported in this article–of whatever race–by state officials is almost unimaginable…. Read More ›
Aborting Democratic Elections
There is a corollary to the adage about power and corruption. Election victories cause visions of power to infect reason. Virginia’s newly elected attorney general, Jason Miyares, announced that he would seek legislation from the General Assembly authorizing his office… Read More ›
Cruel and Unusual
Every so often a newspaper report presents information that prompts head scratching and/or the question: what was the thinking here? No one would dispute that our prison or, more precisely, corrections system, is both overcrowded and in need of deep… Read More ›
Fairfax Commonwealth’s Attorney
On November 5, 2019, Fairfax County residents will vote for candidates for the office of Commonwealth Attorney [OCA] to serve a four-year term. In the absence of a lay or civilian review board, this opportunity for the electorate to voice… Read More ›
Second Chance Month: Restorative Justice for all Virginians
Editors’ Note: Reposted from the Richmond Times-Dispatch, May 15, 2019. By Brian J. Moran (Mr. Moran is Virginia secretary of public safety and homeland security. He serves as Gov. Ralph Northam’s adviser on criminal justice and public safety issues.) RESTORATIVE… Read More ›
Arlington County: Home of the Only Juvenile in the Country Sentenced to Life Without Parole for Robbery
By Cindy Cunningham Editors’ Note: This piece is cross posted and excerpted, with permission, from an article appearing in Blue Virginia, April 26, 2019. There is only one single reported instance in the entire country of a juvenile sentenced… Read More ›