By Rebecca Dunlea, Assistant Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
Nearly 1 in 5 felony cases filed in Denver and resolved in 2025 was dismissed with no strings attached.
For misdemeanor cases, the rate was 1 in 4.
A criminal case might be dismissed for a variety of reasons. Sometimes, evidence falls apart. Law enforcement, prosecutor or lab errors can similarly derail a case. Or perhaps prosecutors decide that pursuing it no longer serves the interests of justice. These situations are a normal, inevitable and sometimes even desirable aspect of the legal system.
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By Sanya Carley, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy and City Planning, University of Pennsylvania
Alexandra Klass, James G. Degnan Professor of Law, University of Michigan
Alison L. Knasin, Lab Manager, Energy Justice Lab, University of Pennsylvania
David Konisky, Lynton K. Caldwell Professor of Public Affairs, Indiana University
Shelley Welton, Professor of Law and Energy Policy, University of Pennsylvania
There are opportunities at every level of the US energy market to save consumers money – if governments, companies, communities and individuals choose to act.
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By Andres Clarens, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Virginia
Many steps that are good for clean energy also dovetail with federal priorities, from affordable housing to data centers and rural development.
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By Arthur Cosby, Professor of Sociology, Mississippi State University
Cancer deaths in the US have dropped steeply since 1991. But the medical and public health advances leading to these declines have been concentrated among high-income areas.
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By Carolyn Wilson-Nash, Senior Lecturer, Marketing and Retail, Stirling Business School, University of Stirling
Chloe He, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Primary Care & Population Health, UCL
Jennifer Takhar, Associate Professor of Marketing, SKEMA Business School
For LGBTQ+ patients having a baby can mean extra hurdles, costs and longer journey because clinics and funding rules are still built around heterosexual families.
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By Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Professor, School of Journalism, Media and Culture; University Dean of Research Environment and Culture, Cardiff University
The days of tuning in to the six o'clock news are long over. News audiences are increasingly fragmented, and more than half of us now get our news from social media. This trend is particularly pronounced for younger people, with three in four coming across news on social platforms. And 57% of children aged 12 to…
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By Amnesty International
The coastal community of Cedeño, in the Gulf of Fonseca, is facing a human rights crisis caused by the impacts of climate change, including coastal erosion, rising sea levels and the lack of an adequate state response, Amnesty International said today as it launched its new report, Cedeño: “Losing everything, home and children”. Climate displacement from […] The post Honduras: Cedeño won’t disappear, it will relocate and persevere appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Global Voices Announcements
Every month, Global Voices will be choosing an urgent theme to explore in depth across all our regions. In July we're exploring how statelessness can negatively impact people’s lives.
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By Kimberley Reid, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
After months of anticipation, the Bureau of Meteorology officially declared an El Niño on June 16.
El Niño is a naturally occurring variation in temperature and winds across the Pacific Ocean that can influence weather around the globe.
During El Niño, sea surface temperatures…
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By Bernadette Hyland-Wood, Research Fellow, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
Dimitri Perrin, Head of School (Computer Science) and Co-Director (Centre for Data Science), Queensland University of Technology
Michael Guihot, Associate professor, Queensland University of Technology
Last Friday, US-based artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic received an “export control” directive from its government. The company was told it must block access to two of its most capable models, Fable and Mythos, for all foreign nationals.
Within hours, Anthropic shut down access to the models for users everywhere in the world, including researchers,…
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