New rules from the Federal Communications Commission are putting the brakes on the prison telecom industry’s exploitative ...

Texas was supposed to execute Robert Roberson on Oct. 17 for shaken baby syndrome junk science. Lawmakers have delayed ...

Despite pleas from state lawmakers, Texas will execute Robert Roberson on Oct. 17 unless Governor Greg Abbott grants a ...

After the state’s medical examiner, LeRoy Riddick, ruled the death a homicide, Shelby was arrested and convicted of capital ...

Sheriffs have always upheld white supremacy, from the genocide of Indigenous people to modern-day attacks on immigrants and ...

Violence interruption works. But the D.C. police union is trying to capitalize on a scandal to eliminate them.

Even though a federal jury found him not guilty of murder, he was sentenced to life in prison. Virginia prosecutors want to ...

State legislators subpoenaed Robert Roberson one day before the state was set to kill him—an act that delayed the execution. Lawmakers are fighting to let Roberson testify before the state House ...

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All states other than Maine and Vermont disenfranchise at least some Americans with a felony conviction, stripping millions of the right to vote. Some are now considering abolishing this practice ...