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America’s Real Death Panels

Jurors in capital cases must pledge support for the death penalty.

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Robert Novak Was a Liar

Washington's punditocracy is in mourning over the death of right-wing columnist Robert Novak, with many warm remembrances about his… more

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Aiding and Abetting War Crimes

The Israeli military tested new weapons in Gaza with U.S. support.

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Democrats Duck Bush Torture Probe

Despite overwhelming evidence of a systematic policy of illegal torture during the Bush era, Democrats appear to be shying away from their own recommendation for a special prosecutor to investigate these apparent war crimes.

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Ending the War on Drugs

Will the Obama administration put justice back in the criminal justice system?

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Will Holder Hold Cops Accountable?

Eric Holder, the first African-American attorney general, takes over a Department of Justice (DOJ) that has been AWOL in… more

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Justice for Jon Burge’s Victims?

U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald dominates the news these days for his arrest and probe of Illinois Gov. Rod… more

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To the Streets

The killing of Oscar Grant inspired a Bay Area movement now coming to terms with its own complexity.

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Dead Man Waiting

For the second time, a court has stayed the execution of Georgia death row prisoner Troy Davis

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The Selma of Immigration Rights

In Arizona, immigrants protest Sheriff Joe's nativist agenda

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20 Million Arrests, and Counting

This November, moments before millions of voters flock to the polls to elect America's 44th president, law enforcement officials… more

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High Gas Hitting City Fleets

Across the country, municipalities are finding new ways to keep autos on the streets

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Don’t Tase Me, GOP!

The St. Paul Police Department is arming itself with Tasers. Local activists and media say that the department ordered… more

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‘If the Detainee Dies, You’re Doing it Wrong

When former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld approved the use of harsh techniques, he did so over the objections of senior military attorneys from all branches of the armed services

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Kiriakou and the Kite Runner

The CIA agent who just admitted to waterboarding a high-ranking al Qaeda operative has had an interesting retirement.

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Rudy Guiliani: Criminal or Liar?

An investigation into Guiliani's claims of familiarity with "intensive questioning" techniques

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Prison Breakdown

Overcrowding has pushed California's prison system to the brink

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Suicide and Spin Doctors

There are many ways for the oppressor to force himself into the mind of the oppressed, but one surefire way is through indefinite detention. Never knowing when--or if--you will be released is a cruel form of psychological torture and allows you to keep hope while simultaneously filling you with fear

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Perverse Justice

Jose Padilla’s conviction raises questions about whether detainees who undergo extreme isolation can be given fair trials

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Torture By Another Name

The origins of "enhanced interrogation techniques" can be traced to the German Gestapo

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NOLA: Priced Out of the Parade

Rising costs, lack of protection, threaten New Orleans' traditional second line marches

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Locking Attorneys out of Guantánamo

Government launches war against habeas counsel under claim that lawyers are "acting as a conduit for the media"

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Inside the Death Chamber

The following transcript was adapted from "Witness to an Execution," a radio documentary produced by Stacy Abramson and David… more

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Rethinking Lineups

In the mid-'90s, inspired by a spate of DNA exonerations, academics began to study whether eyewitness identifications using traditional… more

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Interrogations Behind Barbed Wire

Who's to blame for America's new torture techniques?

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Stunning Revelations

The untold story of Taser-related deaths

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Abandon Hope, All Who Enter Here

A falsely accused "enemy combatant" describes his imprisonment in Guantanamo.

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Tracking the CIA Torture Flights

In their new book Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA's Rendition Flights, A.C. Thompson and Trevor Paglen detail how the CIA transports detainees worldwide.

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How A Few Harm All

Police abuse may arise from just a few "bad apples," but if left unpunished, it rots the entire instititution.

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Police Torture and the Need for Repair

Special prosecutors Edward Egan and Robert Boyle report that Chicago Police led by Commander Jon Burge likely tortured dozens.

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Convict Nation

The American prison system grew by more than 1,000 new adult prisoners per week in one year, confirming our position as the world's unsurpassed leader in mass incarceration. Statistics obscure the everyday pain for millions upon millions of Americans who feel like nearly everybody has given up on them.

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New Orleans Defendants Lost in Legal Swamp

Post-Katrina, thousands still wait in jail for justice from a broken system

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Science: The Drug Wars Latest Victim

The war on drugs is an attack on rationality. Reason lost yet another skirmish recently when the Food and… more

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No Room in Prison? Ship Em Off

Prisoners have become unwitting pawns in a lowest-bidder-gets-the-convict shuffle game

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Reporting on Americas Most Unwanted

Immersion journalists Sasha Abramsky and Steve Bogira bring the lives of the impoverished, adjudicated and disenfranchised to life.

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Race Riot?

It's far too easy to pin recent violence in the L.A. County Jail on ethnic tensions

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Walking to Guantnamo

Peace marchers aim to keep the abuse of 'enemy combatants' visible

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Witness for the Prosecution

Abramoff's plea agreement could land him in the middle of a murder trial

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Reflections on Tookie’s Execution

Last month's execution of Stanley Tookie Williams is part of a grotesque revenge ritual that likely will deepen the… more

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Christmas in New Orleans

Picture Santa's sled with a rolling kitchenette attached and you have some idea about the size of a FEMA… more

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