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Witnesses to Double Execution in Arkansas Say Prisoners May Have Suffered Painful Death
Arkansas carried out a shocking double execution Monday night.
Sentenced to Shut Up: To Protect Free Expression, Curb Prison Censorship
Prisons and jails saddle people with senseless restrictions on their ability to speak, write, and receive information.
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Facing Up to Our Shadow Side With Compassion
Restorative justice makes real the fact that conflict, pain, suffering and crime are part of all our lives.
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Onward, Christian Soldiers!
Was a Police Report Altered to Convict a Man for Murder? Inside a Woman’s Quest to Free Her Brother
Jonathan Edelstein, one of the lawyers involved, and with Jennifer Gonnerman, a staff writer for The New Yorker discuss the mystery of the altered report.
Massachusetts to Throw Out 21,000 Drug Convictions After State Chemist Tampers Evidence for Nine Years
In what may be the largest dismissal of wrongful convictions in US history, Massachusetts will throw out 21,587 criminal drug cases.
The Limits of Police “Reform”
When elites get to define the problem, they get to decide what constitutes solving it.
Legal Chaos in Arkansas as Judges Halt State Plan to Carry Out Unprecedented Spate of Executions
Arkansas's plan to carry out an unprecedented series of executions has been thrown into chaos.
Jeff Sessions Pushes New War on Drugs While Killing Obama-Era Police Reform Measures
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is attempting to shake up policing in the country.
How Chicago Became the First City to Make Reparations to Victims of Police Violence
The ordinance provides a meaningful model for creating reparations at the local level.