After years of waiting, the Tunisian judiciary has delivered its verdict in the highly publicized case of the assassination of opposition figure Chokri Belaïd. The decision, rendered late on Tuesday night after... Read more »
Over the course of an 11-week fraud trial before New York Justice Arthur Engoron, Donald Trump practically begged for a harsh verdict. On Friday, he got his wish and then some. Engoron... Read more »
United Nations experts called Monday for thorough accountability in the aftermath of the attacks that occurred in Israel on October 7. The alleged crimes against civilians during the attacks involve severe violations... Read more »
In the spirit of the season, how about a glass-half-full view of our parlous politics as 2023 ends? Whatever else it’s been, 2023 was a year of finally holding scofflaws, outlaws and... Read more »
A Decade After Their Implementation, Are Police Body Cams Delivering Transparency or Accountability?
Police have undermined the promise of transparency and accountability that accompanied the body-camera movement that began a decade ago, reports Eric Umansky for the New York Times. Costing hundreds of millions of... Read more »
(Photo by Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via Getty Images) The U.S. Supreme Court acts as the court of last resort for some of our nation’s most pressing... Read more »
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability has opened a formal investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by officers with at least one migrant woman temporarily housed at a Chicago police station, NBC... Read more »