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Jan 11

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Poetry helps youth at a juvenile detention center find peace

By PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson

Free Write Jail Arts and Literacy aims to help troubled youths in Chicago’s Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center address their personal issues by writing poetry about their circumstances and upbringing. Jeffrey Brown talks with poet Reginald Dwayne Betts, who…

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Nov 02

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Supreme Court weighs racial discrimination in jury selection

By PBS News Hour

Timothy Foster was tried, convicted and sentenced to death for murdering an elderly woman during a burglary in 1986. But did prosecutors discriminate against African-Americans in jury selection? Special correspondent Tim O’Brien offers background on the case going to the…

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Oct 31

Supreme Court to review selection of all-white jury in murder case

By Associated Press

Prosecutor Stephen Lanier's meaning was unmistakable when he urged jurors in north Georgia to sentence the defendant to death in part to deter other people "out there in the projects."…

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Oct 19

Obama administration backs bill to reduce prison time

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

The Obama administration is signaling support for bipartisan Senate legislation that would reduce prison sentences for some nonviolent drug offenders.

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Aug 24

Man who served 24 years released after arson-murder case thrown out

By Carey Reed

After serving 24 years of a life sentence in a maximum-security Pennsylvania prison for a 1990 arson-murder conviction, a New York man was freed on bail.

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Apr 02

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Former inmate speaks out against U.S. ‘commitment’ to mass incarceration

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During Michael Santos’ 26 years in federal prisons, he read books on history and law, earned undergraduate and master’s degrees and wrote seven books about the criminal justice system. Now, just six months after his release, Santos is imploring prisoners…

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