Justice System Reform

James Comey, former FBI Director and New York Times bestselling author of A Higher Loyalty, uses his long career in federal law enforcement to explore issues of justice and fairness in the US justice system. James Comey might best be known as the FBI director that Donald Trump fired in 2017, but...

A Supreme Court justice murdered—and Tom Berte is the only lifeline for the accused. Comfortably settled into a civil law practice in Albany, Tom Berte has finally left behind the conspiracies and threats of his past. But when a shocking murder strikes the Supreme Court, Madison Redding...

An instant New York Times bestseller: An acclaimed legal scholar’s “important” (New York Times) and “fascinating” (Economist) exposé of how the Supreme Court uses unsigned and unexplained orders to change the law behind closed doors. The Supreme Court has always had the authority to...

The left has corrupted the U.S. legal system. Wielding the law as a weapon, arrogant judges and lawless prosecutors are intimidating, silencing, and even imprisoning Americans who stand in the way of their radical agenda. Their "enemies list" even includes parents who dare to speak up for their children at school board meetings. In this shocking new book, Senator Ted Cruz takes listeners inside the justice system, showing how the wrong hands on the levers of power can strangle liberty, crush opposition, and wreck lives.

How states are making their legal systems more equitable, seen through the story of a Black man falsely imprisoned for thirty years for murder. In 1987, Ben Spencer, a twenty-two-year-old Black man from Dallas, was convicted of murdering white businessman Jeffrey Young—a crime he didn’t...

From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Gilbert King comes a chilling exploration of one of America’s most haunting wrongful conviction cases. Based on the hit podcast, Bone Valley dives into the dark heart of rural Florida, where a young man’s life was upended by a tragic miscarriage of...

An accessible guide for activists, educators, and all who are interested in understanding how the prison system oppresses communities and harms individuals. The United States incarcerates more of its residents than any other nation. Though home to 5% of the global population, the United States...

Artificial intelligence will transform law. That does not mean it will produce justice. Courts are backlogged. Legal help remains unaffordable for billions of people. Rules designed for an earlier age are struggling to keep pace with modern life. AI now gives us an extraordinary opportunity, not...

Your VoicePrint Is Your Weapon™ 50 Fifth-Dimensional Prayers to Break Chains, Govern Realms, and Release Dominion By Dr. Tieasha Stephens This is not a book. It is a portal. It is a scroll opened from the fifth-dimensional realm—written for the remnant who no longer beg for breakthrough but legislate as divine government in the earth. Your VoicePrint Is Your Weapon™ is a throne-issued repository of decrees, dimensional prayers, and prophetic blueprints for those who war from their seated position in Christ. These pages are not inspirational—they are instructional, judicial, and ...

Some murder cases do more than shock the public — they permanently change the law. From the rise of forensic science and DNA profiling to reforms in policing, interrogation procedures, victim rights, and criminal investigations, these landmark cases transformed modern justice systems around the world. Murder Cases That Changed the Law explores some of the most influential criminal investigations in modern history, examining how notorious murders exposed weaknesses in legal systems, challenged investigative methods, and forced governments and courts to evolve. Through detailed narrative ...

This book is the culmination of a lifetime of love and lessons that have shaped my personal journey from a young man in crisis to a champion for children. There were critical moments in my story where self-appointed “Hope Dealers” like my mother, Alice Lovelace, and my educator, Dr. Lorraine Wilson, intervened in my projected course to failure. The lessons I learned from them became the foundation of my own work with and for young people facing challenges that they often did not believe they can face alone: hopelessness, shame, disability, tragic home life, generally summed up as the ...

Unlock the hidden layers of the world's penal systems with International Perspectives on Penal Systems. This comprehensive eBook delves deep into the intricacies of penal reform movements, offering a global viewpoint on the effectiveness of different penal policies. Begin your journey with a historical overview of penal systems, understanding the importance and the drivers behind reforms. Explore the significant role of human rights and see how international standards shape prison policies across continents. Investigate real-world case studies that highlight human rights violations and ...

Locked In is a revelatory investigation into the root causes of mass incarceration by one of the most exciting scholars in the country. Having spent 15 years studying the data on imprisonment, John Pfaff takes apart the reigning consensus created by Michelle Alexander and other reformers, revealing that the most widely accepted explanations - the failed War on Drugs, draconian sentencing laws, an increasing reliance on private prisons - tell us much less than we think.

Punitive to Restorative Justice: Volume 1 is the opening book in a powerful three-volume series on restorative justice, criminal justice reform, trauma-informed accountability, victim-centered justice, leadership, and systemic transformation. This first volume lays the moral and practical foundation for a new vision of justice—one that goes beyond punishment alone and asks deeper questions: Who was harmed? What was lost? What truth must be spoken? What responsibility must be taken? What can be repaired? Written for judges, policymakers, educators, advocates, court professionals, service ...

Trauma from abuse can crush your spirit unless you confront your enemies. After years of stuffing her emotions, putting on a happy face, and enduring hardship like a good airman, Jakia Lindley realized she needed to stand toe-to-toe against her foes. She needed to fight back.

In a world where artificial intelligence has replaced work, comfort has replaced purpose, and consequence has been erased, society begins to rot from the inside out. The Cities of Refuge presents a radical answer. Set in a near-future utopia where citizens live on universal basic income, the story follows Elias Thorne—a man who crosses a single line and is instantly cast out of comfort and into a brutal system of consequence. Stripped of entitlement and placed into a desert-based City of Refuge, he must face an unyielding law: if you do not work, you do not eat. This is not a prison. ...

How can we be proud of a system of justice that often pressures the innocent to plead guilty? How can we claim that justice is equal when we imprison thousands of poor Black men for relatively modest crimes but rarely prosecute rich white executives who commit crimes having far greater impact? Federal Judge Jed S. Rakoff, a leading authority on white-collar crime, explores these and other puzzles in Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free, a startling account of our broken legal system. 

Electronic monitoring. Locked-down drug treatment centers. House arrest. Mandated psychiatric treatment. Data-driven surveillance. Extended probation. These are some of the key alternatives held up as cost-effective substitutes for jails and prisons. But many of these so-called reforms actually widen the net, weaving in new strands of punishment and control, and bringing new populations, who would not otherwise have been subject to imprisonment, under physical control by the state. 

'Moving, furious and full of hope' ELINOR CLEGHORN 'Superbly written' DR. LOUISE NEWSON 'Validating and empowering' ABBY NORMAN 'Heroic' KAREN HAVELIN Throughout their lives, women are taught that it is normal to live in pain. In this urgent investigation into medical misogyny, Evelyn Scott...

They’re Still Kids: A Juvenile Probation Guide for Parents, Caregivers, Caseworkers, and Juvenile Offenders This compassionate, no-nonsense guide offers a rare and vital look into the world of juvenile probation. Written for families, educators, youth advocates, and young people themselves, They’re Still Kids delivers clarity in a system often clouded by confusion and stigma. Through 15 informative chapters, readers will explore every stage of the juvenile probation process—from arrest and court conditions to rehabilitation and reform. With real-life case studies, expert insights, and...