One of the questions I have pondered since my release from prison is when and where to share my past with...
2005 – Roper v. Simmons: U.S. Supreme court rules that it is cruel and unusual punishment to impose the death penalty on people...
UPDATE: The Henry & Rilla White Foundation, Inc. released a response to these reports, which can be found here: Letter to The Reader...
Massive cuts are expected for New Orleans’ Juvenile Court, with more than 30 employees expected to be removed from the city’s payroll in...
I was sitting with my brother in law watching television a few nights ago. It was late and we had been busy...
(Sony Pictures Classics, R) Equality before the law is a basic principle of the American justice system. Faith in the jury system...
Our Constitution sets forth in the preamble that one of the goals of government is to “promote the general welfare.” This requires good...
Hundreds of thousands of people see inside the places and spaces where we lock up young members of our society. On any given day,...
Pop quiz: What do the towns of Norcross, Chardon, Pittsburgh, Oakland, Tulsa, Seattle, Aurora, Oak Creek, College Station, Minneapolis, Brookfield, Happy Valley,...
Last Friday 20 children aged six and seven were systematically executed by a young man, who has been politely defined as suffering...
Almost 18 months ago I wrote my first opinion piece. Predictably perhaps, it was about restorative justice, the topic I have covered...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Twenty-year-old Edward Ward (pictured left), a sophomore on the honor roll at DePaul University, tried to describe to U.S. Sens....
“What happened in your life that made you a passionate advocate for kids?” When Jane Hansen, Information Officer for the Georgia Supreme Court,...
“All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing,” is perhaps the most often quoted statement...
Already reeling from budget cuts over the last 10 years, federal programs affecting children are bracing for another $1.5 trillion in discretionary spending...
My first workshop in restorative justice was just a few years ago. I had been studying the literature, and considering how the...
ANNISTON, Ala. — Mercy Pilkington’s classroom (pictured left), at first glance, seems like any other in the nation’s public school system. Novels...
How we respond to young people when they make us mad can make or break them, emotionally and physically. Notwithstanding the studies showing...
Early this week, I was having Thanksgiving dinner with my fiancée. She is on her way home for the holiday, and I...