

Nation Dec 16

Earlier this year, The Associated Press and APM Reports uncovered new evidence and serious flaws in the police investigation, ultimately leading to the creation of an independent national legal panel to review the case.
By Associated Press
Nation Dec 14

Colorado, Nevada and New Jersey passed measures in 2019, and California voters approved a constitutional amendment, Proposition 17, in November to automatically restore voting rights to people on parole.
By Associated Press
Politics Dec 07

Attorney General William Barr defended the extension of executions into the post-election period, saying he’ll likely schedule more before he departs the Justice Department.
By Associated Press
Nation Oct 21

Whether or not someone is eventually convicted, an arrest alone is enough to significantly impair a Black man's job and earning prospects.
By Gary Painter, The Conversation
Oct 05

By Frank Carlson, Vika Aronson, Erica R. Hendry, Emily Carpeaux
It's been about a year since Ricky Kidd was exonerated of charges for a 1996 double homicide he didn't commit. As he's set out to build a new life after 23 years in prison, the world has also changed around…
Oct 05

By Frank Carlson, Vika Aronson, Erica R. Hendry, Emily Carpeaux
Twenty-three years after he was wrongfully convicted of a double homicide, Ricky Kidd was freed from prison. In this special episode from our Broken Justice series, producer Frank Carlson talks with Ricky Kidd about life after prison, the complications of…
Jul 15

By Associated Press
Wesley Ira Purkey, convicted of a 1998 kidnapping and killing, was scheduled for execution Wednesday at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, where Daniel Lewis Lee was put to death Tuesday after his eleventh-hour legal bids failed.
Jul 14

By Cynthia A. Golembeski, The Conversation
More than 40,000 restrictions, most imposed by states, leave rights, benefits and opportunities out of reach for Americans with past convictions.
May 22

By Candice Norwood
Many pretrial detainees — those not yet convicted of a crime — are sitting in jails, uncertain of when their cases may proceed.
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