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Prisons & Policing
Pentagon Speeds Efforts to Resettle Guantanamo Prisoners Ahead of Vote on Two-Year Transfer Ban
Officials plan to send up to 10 prisoners overseas.
“Running While Black”: Protests Swell Over Death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore Police Custody
Protests in Baltimore have entered their fifth day.
CCR Attorneys Praise Gitmo Closure Plan, Caution Need for DOD to Get on Board
The Pentagon is doing just barely enough to look busy but not enough to achieve actual closure of the prison as ordered by the president.
FBI Admits Flawed Hair Analysis in Hundreds of Cases Spanning Decades
Flawed analysis helped convict hundreds, some of whom were executed.
FBI Informant Exposes Sting Operation Targeting Innocent Americans in New “(T)ERROR” Documentary
A new film shines light on the FBI's use of informants.
Officer Friendly Weighs In
Drug Reform Is About Animal Rights, Too
Police no-knock raids cause casualties, devastate families and often include the slaughter of household pets.
New Mexico Governor Signs Historic Property Rights Protections into Law
New Mexico outlaws civil asset forfeiture, aka "Policing for profit."
US Embassy and Small-Town Thugs
Mumia's story has been compared by some here to the shooting of Walter Scott in North Charleston; both concern racism, police and power.
As Video Exposes Walter Scott Police Killing, Why Is the Man Who Filmed Eric Garner’s Death in Jail?
A South Carolina police officer faces murder charges.