A legal loophole could allow Parris, found guilty of killing with “depraved indifference to human life,” to walk free. But a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling points to a potential solution.
Justice & Public Safety
Making the case for change
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The reinvigorated Democratic Lawyers Committee is targeting the 2019 election in a bid to increase racial and gender diversity on the bench and push for criminal justice reform.
Justice & Public Safety
RIT report sheds light on local child sex abuse
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The study of individuals convicted of possessing child pornography highlights how incredibly underreported child sex abuse has been. We must remove the stigma that causes so many victims to stay quiet.
Guest Opinion
Police Accountability Board would give citizens a greater voice
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The legislation proposed by City Council deserves support. The mayor’s proposal—created with the Rochester police union and the police department in order to maintain the status quo—does not.
Justice & Public Safety
The right to counsel in Monroe County 50 years after Gideon
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More than half a century after the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the right to have an attorney for your defense, if you are innocent and indigent in Monroe County, the scales of justice are still tipped against you.
Justice & Public Safety
A legal immigrant’s long road
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I am one of the lucky ones. I get to live in the United States, a country my parents taught me to idealize for its education systems and freedoms. Still, I am terrified to cross the border.