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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.
Aiming to avoid unnecessary traffic stops, St. Paul cops offer taillight vouchers
Published by MPR News.
How to make traffic stops less nerve-wracking? St. Paul police hosting ‘Project Self Stop’
Published by Pioneer Press.
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
Reducing pretextual stops leads to more equitable traffic policing
Published by Justice Innovation Lab