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If A Jury Finds You Not Guilty, Can The Prosecution Charge You Again?
After a jury finds you not guilty, the prosecution usually cannot charge you for the same crime arising out of the same circumstances.
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Explainer: Criminal Justice Reform Going Into 2023
Heading into 2023, there are reasons to be optimistic and pessimistic about criminal justice reform after what happened in 2022.
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What is a Juvenile Court?
Every state in the country has a juvenile court. They are created by state legislatures for youth charged with criminal offenses.
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What is Solitary Confinement?
Research and studies overwhelmingly show that solitary confinement doesn’t work. The U.S. keeps using it anyway.
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What is Mass Incarceration?
The United States has a mass-incarceration problem. What do we mean when we say the words “mass incarceration”?
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