Politics Jan 02 Appeals court says Michael Cohen can’t hold Trump liable for retaliatory imprisonment By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press
Nation Dec 02 WATCH: Searching for Justice – Making reentry work after incarceration Every year, more than 600,000 people leave state and federal prisons in the United States and millions more cycle in and out of jails. Many of those individuals find that even though they have served their time, they still are… By Nicole Ellis
World Apr 02 U.S. hostage families seek better government support, report says Family members of Americans who are imprisoned abroad or held hostage by militant groups say in a new report that the U.S. government must do better in communicating with them. By Eric Tucker, Associated Press
Politics Jun 01 Column: 5 charts show why mandatory minimum sentences don’t work Earlier this month Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo which requires prosecutors to “charge and pursue the most serious” offense when seeking sentences. The memo hearkens back to a failed experiment in mass incarceration in the 1980s and 1990s,… By Tanya Golash-Boza, The Conversation
World Nov 28 UN condemns U.S. over torture, immigrant detainment and police malpractice After reviewing the recent use of history of torture in the United States, the United Nations Committee Against Torture expressed concern that the United States has not gone far enough in the “absolute prohibition of torture and ill-treatment” of detainees,"… By Laura Santhanam
Apr 20 Watch Next Steps Unclear for Jailed U.S. Journalist in Iran Iran's judiciary ordered an investigation Monday into the case of U.S. journalist Roxana Saberi, who faces a prison sentence in Iran on espionage charges. Analysts and journalists, including NPR CEO Vivian Schiller, assess what may be next for Saberi. Continue watching