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Criminal Justice
May 13, 2015
Joel Gillin
Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Get Hired
A single tweak to job applications would change the lives of millions of ex-cons
May 7, 2015
Matthew Pratt Guterl
What Is David Brooks's Purpose?
The Times columnist says moral debate is dying. He must not be paying attention to #BlackLivesMatter.
May 5, 2015
Stacia L. Brown
The Luxury of Hope
What the Baltimore prosecutor's charges in the Freddie Gray case mean to native residents
May 3, 2015
Suzy Khimm
"We're Going to Protect Our Community Ourselves"
Baltimore's gangs came together to protect their community. But is that all they want?
May 1, 2015
Jamil Smith
Baltimore's Prosecutor Gets It
The charges in the Freddie Gray case show that scaring cops is the best way to fight police abuse
April 29, 2015
Suzy Khimm
"They Can’t Lock Everybody Up"
Counting down to curfew with Freddie Gray's neighbors in Baltimore
April 27, 2015
Petra Bartosiewicz
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Sentencing Is Putting Everyone Through Hell
April 22, 2015
Cristian Farias
The Supreme Court Just Checked Cops' Power to Extend Traffic Stops
April 8, 2015
Petra Bartosiewicz
U.S. Prosecutors Have Risked a Show Trial for the Chance to Execute Dzhokar Tsarnaev
April 8, 2015
Jeet Heer
The Killing of Walter Scott Sheds Light on the Problem of Police Lying
April 1, 2015
Naomi Shavin
A Republican Governor Is Leading the Country's Most Successful Prison Reform
March 13, 2015
Cristian Farias
Comment on Ferguson? Not My Job, Says Justice Stephen Breyer.
March 5, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Why Conservatives' Prison Reform Plans Won't Work
January 21, 2015
Janell Ross
People in Neighborhoods with High Incarceration Rates Are More Likely to Suffer from Depression and Anxiety
December 4, 2014
Danny Vinik
Why the Left and Right Are Both Angry at Eric Garner's Death
November 25, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Darren Wilson Walks: No Indictment for Michael Brown’s Killer
August 15, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Rand Paul and Ted Cruz Are Making Sense About the Cops
July 14, 2014
Jessica Pishko
A New Provision Threatens California Inmates' First Amendment Rights
A year after the hunger strike, some things have improved, but some things have gotten worse
February 8, 2013
Jordan Michael Smith
Where DNA Doesn't Count
Will Kentucky finally give non-death row prisoners the right to test old evidence?
September 24, 2001
David Grann
Scrapped
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