In this five-part series, data analyst David Stasior argues that AI has made it possible to turn court and disciplinary records into data at scale, allowing the rule of law to be measured rather than just assumed. Part 1 made the case, and Part 2 put it to work on 24 years of Massachusetts attorney [...]

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday directed the New York Police Department to conduct a comprehensive review of its use-of-force policies and practices for the first time in a decade. He announced a package of reforms aimed at strengthening civilian oversight, including new procedures to prevent officers from retiring before facing disciplinary proceedings. [...]

When lawyers compare state juvenile justice systems, there is a natural temptation to begin with the visible rule: the minimum age, the availability of diversion, the possibility of transfer to adult court, or the existence of a restorative justice program. Those are important starting points. They are not always the rules that determine what actually [...]

The United States Constitution is the oldest written national charter still in force anywhere in the world, and the men who drafted it in 1787 worked in a predemocratic era, for a country whose leaders did not yet trust ordinary people to govern themselves. Some of what they produced is admirable. Other parts of it [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) noted in a press release on Monday that Burundi is set to win re-election to the UN Human Rights Council in a vote on October 13, with no competition. Addressing the effects of the lack of competition on the council’s initiatives to improve human rights conditions worldwide, Louis Charbonneau, UN Director [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday condemned Senegal’s harsh crackdown on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, warning that mass arrests, forced HIV testing and punitive laws are violating basic rights and fueling fear and stigma. The group urged the government to bring to a halt these abuses immediately, especially as Senegal prepares to [...]

A US district judge issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) on Sunday that directs the Trump administration to immediately stop its series of taxpayer-funded pro-Trump television ads. Judge Jennifer Rochon of the District Court for the Southern District of New York also barred any future ad purchases by the administration or anyone working in concert [...]

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents on Monday searched the Washington DC-area home of US Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) as part of an ongoing criminal investigation. While officials speaking on the condition of anonymity provided initial details to reporters, the Department of Justice (DOJ) subsequently confirmed in a statement to outlets that agents executed a “judicially [...]

On September 30, a Delhi High Court bench dismissed the latest bail appeals of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, the third such rejection for Khalid and the second for Imam. The bench did not weigh the evidence against them afresh. It held, in its own words, that it was “bound by judicial discipline” to follow [...]

Ethiopian federal police deployed across the Tigray regional capital of Mekelle on Friday, using loudspeakers to urge residents to help law enforcement restore civil order and establish a transitional administration after local forces of the the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) withdrew. Federal officers patrolled main transit corridors alongside members of the government-allied Tigray Peace [...]