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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.
JIL releases first-ever race equity report in South Carolina—Confirms racial differences in arrests
Published by Justice Innovation Lab
Solicitor Wilson report on impacts of prosecution, race equity shows positive and negatives
Reported on News 2 - WCBD
Charleston County men find equality in court; arrests are a different matter, study finds
Published by The Post and Courier
Report: Black men 5x more likely than white men to be accused of crime
Reported on Live 5 - WCSC
JIL featured at Middlesex District Attorney's Office Inaugural Data Summit
Published by Justice Innovation Lab
Legal experts weigh in on Jamal Sutherland’s death, newly released videos
Reported by Live 5 - WCSC
Jury indicts former police officers in George Floyd killing
Published by The Wall Street Journal
How the trial over Floyd’s death flipped the script for Black victims
Published in The New York Times