How a man who served 33 years on a 15-to-life sentence is pushing New York’s intransigent parole board to release violent offenders who have aged out of crime, the fastest growing segment of the prison population.
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How NY Judges & Prosecutors Undermine the Right to a Fair Trial
I had been to Atlanta, Ga., before — running trainings with Occupy Our Homes Atlanta as part of the…
The Shock Doctrine in Texas Prisons
This article is an analysis of the torture tactics and repressive methods used in administrative segregation prisons across Texas,…
Guilty Verdicts Are Only a Start
Trigger warning Two Steubenville, Ohio, teens–Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond–have been found guilty of the rape of a 16-year-old…
Did Mumia shoot the cop? Or was he framed by a racist criminal justice system? These are the central…
Civil Rights Era Murder Resolved After Forty-Five Years
After over four decades, 77-year-old James Bonard Fowler is heading to jail. The former Alabama state trooper plead guilty…
Oscar Grant’s Killer Johannes Mehserle Gets Two Years In Prison
UPDATE 4:05pm ET After an emotional day of tearful testimony from both Oscar Grant’s relatives and Johannes Mehserle, Youth…
Judge dismisses case against Rebel Diaz, says “Keep up the good work”
“Its a victory for hip-hop, immigrants’ rights movements, immigrant vendors, a victory for the South Bronx” – Rodstarz The…