I n March, in a bombshell ruling, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down mandatory life in prison without parole for a second-degree murder charge also known as felony murder.

This guide is for people impacted by the “troubled teen industry” to investigate abuses inside youth residential treatment ...

In Germany, incarcerated people wear their own clothes, live in apartment-style cells and get family day passes — all to preserve human dignity.

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For more than two decades, Vincent McFadden has been sitting on Missouri’s death row. He’s watched a steady stream of his ...

Dozens of people — perhaps many more — have been held in Mississippi’s Hinds County jail for months without criminal charges ...

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The killing of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero by an ICE agent in Maine is once more highlighting the problems with vetting ...

Experts say race and class factor heavily in perceptions of these gatherings, which are fueled by social media and can ...

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