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June 2, 2025
Timely justice: How case screening improves efficiency, effectiveness, and fairness
Published by Justice Innovation Lab
Explore results from the first randomized controlled trial regarding intake processes in a local prosecutor’s office in the United States. Evidence from the study demonstrates that quickly reviewing low-level cases and removing those that lack legal sufficiency can significantly reduce the negative impacts of the criminal justice system, give victims quicker resolution to cases, save valuable taxpayer dollars, and even improve public safety.
In Salt Lake City, prosecutors from around the country talk reform
Published by Utah News Dispatch.
Alternative Traffic Enforcement: Identifying Areas for Future Research
Published by National Institute of Justice.
Prosecutors in the Passing Lane: Racial Disparities, Public Safety, and Prosecutorial Declinations of Pretextual Stops
Published by San Diego Law Review.
Police Are Stopping Fewer Drivers — and It’s Increasing Safety
Published by Vera Institute of Justice.
2023 Year-In-Review: 7 Ways We’re Building a More Fair & Effective Justice System
Published by Justice Innovation Lab
New initiative strives to advance equity and increase safety and community trust
Published by Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
Our view: Justice: Change traffic stops to reduce racial targeting
Published by The Free Press
Press conference announcing non-public-safety traffic stop results and community alternatives
Published by Ramsey County Attorney’s Office
St. Paul reports safety improvements after year of revised traffic policing
Published by Star Tribune