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"This Sheriff Says His Department Eliminated Racial Bias. Data Shows Otherwise.," by Rafael Carranza, ProPublica/Arizona Luminaria, March 26, 2026
"Advocates seek accountability, solutions for Black gun owners wrongfully arrested," by Dorothy Tucker and Samah Assad, CBS News Chicago, December 15, 2025
"“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force," by Wendi C. Thomas and Katherine Burgess, ProPublica/MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, November 03, 2025
"Finding the Racist Roots of Maryland’s Juvenile Justice System," by Vincent Schiraldi, The Marshall Project, October 24, 2025
"Controversial Cuyahoga County Deputy Unit Tickets Mostly Black Drivers, Records Show," by Mark Puente and Doug Livingston, The Marshall Project/News 5 Cleveland, September 15, 2025
"Trump vows to bring back death penalty in D.C., which abolished it more than 40 years ago," by Gerren Keith Gaynor, The Grio, August 27, 2025
"Funding lapse hurts Black, Brown defendants," by ReShonda Tate, Houston Defender, August 27, 2025
"Florida Death Row Prisoners Challenge Governor DeSantis’ Secretive Execution Decisions," by Pam Quanrud, Death Penalty Information Center, August 13, 2025
"Civil rights groups blast NYPD gang database as racist, arbitrary," by Nina Pullano, Courthouse News Service, May 01, 2025
"Racial disparities in youth incarceration are the widest they've been in decades," by Meg Anderson, NPR, April 24, 2025
"Maryland’s 18 ways to stop the mass incarceration of Black people," by Jasmine Hilton and Katie Mettler, Washington Post, March 16, 2025
"San Francisco Public Defenders Win Landmark Racial Justice Act Case," by David Greenwald, Davis Vanguard, March 11, 2025
"A Forensics Company Tells Cops It Can Use DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face. Scientists Worry the Tool Will Deepen Racial Bias.," by Jordan Smith, The Intercept, February 02, 2025
"Pretrial Detention Disparities for Black Communities in D.C.," by Tiasia Saunders, Washington Informer, December 02, 2024
"New York Tackles Racial Disproportionality in Juvenile Justice Decisions," by Steven Yoder, The Imprint, November 14, 2024
