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ABA Public Service

ABA entities help amplify the ‘court watch’ movement

Criminal Justice

Illinois will end cash bail, require police body cameras in criminal justice overhaul signed by governor

Report from Governmental Affairs

117th Congress has opportunities for bipartisan criminal justice reforms

Ethics

Judges must ensure defendants can afford court costs before imposing fines and fees

Criminal Justice

Privatized services and onerous fees hurt public confidence in the justice system, ABA report says

Report from Governmental Affairs

The status of the First Step Act one year later

Feature

Lawyers, songs and money: Music that changed the law

Cover Story

Change Agents: A new wave of reform prosecutors upends the status quo

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court deals blow against civil forfeiture in ruling for owner of seized Land Rover

Judiciary

ABA president urges Montana lawmakers to rethink driver’s license suspension in sentencing

Supreme Court Report

What can states seize? SCOTUS will decide whether the excessive fines clause applies to states

National Pulse

Legal aid program in Oklahoma is dedicated to representing moms in trouble

Constitutional Law

2 federal judges find constitutional problem with debtors prisons and bail in New Orleans

Your Voice

Remembering RFK and the lawyers’ committee he inspired

Defending Justice

Fees and fines threaten judicial independence

Attorney General

Sessions rescinds letter warning local courts about fees and fines imposed on poor people

Judiciary

No mercy for judges who show mercy

Annual Meeting Report

How one Mississippi city reformed its bail and court fees policy

Annual Meeting

Want to stop jailing people for failing to pay court fees and fines? Look to Biloxi, Mississippi

Criminal Justice

ABA files amicus brief challenging money bail system as House of Delegates considers resolution

President's Message

Lawyers demonstrate patriotism through helping others and expanding access to justice

Criminal Justice

Lawsuit says Michigan suspends safe drivers’ licenses because they can’t pay fines

FEATURES

Starved of money for too long, public defender offices are suing—and starting to win

American Bar Association

ABA urges 6th Circuit to forbid private probation company’s jail-or-pay scheme

Attorney General

Justice Department warns local courts about illegal enforcement of fees and fines

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