Courts

This program provides federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia with funding to help them address critical public safety challenges their tribal justice systems face.

This program supports state, local, and tribal efforts to plan and implement or enhance the operations of veterans treatment courts.

Justice Counts is designed to help policymakers and criminal justice practitioners make better decisions using data.

This program assists law enforcement and prosecutors to address and prosecute violent crime cold cases and decrease the number of violent crime cold cases awaiting prosecution.

This program funds states, units of local government, and public institutions of higher education to assist in defraying the costs associated with postconviction case identification, case review, evidence location, and DNA testing in violent felony cases (as defined by state law) where the results of such testing might show actual innocence.

The National Center on Restorative Justice educates and trains the next generation of juvenile and criminal justice leaders, advances knowledge through data and research, and supports training for the criminal justice field.

This program supports efforts by state, local, and tribal law enforcement and prosecution agencies, working with their partners, in the investigation and prosecution of unsolved cold case homicides suspected of having been racially motivated.

This program provides federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia with funding to strengthen tribal justice system capacity by addressing physical infrastructure needs.

This program supports wrongful conviction review entities providing high-quality and efficient post-conviction representation for defendants in post-conviction claims of innocence.

This initiative helps to ensure that states and local government are provided with the capacity and tools necessary to meet the obligations established by the Sixth Amendment.

This initiative supports state, local, and federally recognized tribal governments to establish and enhance community courts, which are neighborhood-focused court programs that combine the power of the community and the justice system to address local problems.

This initiative provides support to prosecutors, defense counsel, and the judiciary on implementing improvements throughout the field of capital case litigation, while supporting litigators with the tools and resources to mitigate risk for error.