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Ark. Ramps Up Death Penalty Use Despite Concerns Over Lethal Injection...

The death penalty has always been a source of great debate in America, and that debate is about get more intense. According to CNN,...
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New Mexico Governor Wants To Reinstate The Death Penalty (VIDEO)

If New Mexico’s Republican governor, Susana Martinez, gets her way, the state will buck national trends against executions and reinstate the death penalty, instead. In...
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Texas Is Set To Execute A Man Who Never Killed Anyone

Jeff Wood never killed anyone. But on January 2, 1996, his friend, Daniel Reneau, did. Because Jeff was assisting in the commission of another...
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90-Year-Old Man Charged With Soliciting Prostitution Gives No F**ks

When I'm 90 -- assuming my smoking, drinking, and not getting eight hours of sleep a night ass lives that long -- I have...
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SCOTUS Just Delivered A Huge Victory For Criminal Justice Reform

The verdict in Montgomery v. Louisiana is in and considering the implications, I'm almost certain Jan. 25, 2015 will go down in history as a...

President Obama Enacts Much-Needed Changes In Prison System

In the last year of his presidency, Barack Obama is working to expand his legacy to another field - our criminal justice system. Obama...

Why Do People With Special Needs Get Shafted By The Criminal...

I was planning on taking today off, but for the last few days, something I wrote last week has been nagging at me. It...
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The American Dream Has Been Locked Up By The Criminal Justice...

For American Minorities, The American Dream Has Been Locked  Up We are living in a time when deep philosophical thought is absent in the media landscape....

Vintage Texas Criminal Justice: Marry Your Girlfriend Or Go To Jail

Criminal justice in Texas has always been kind of batty. After all, it is illegal to take more than three sips of beer while...
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Exonerated Inmate Recounts Horrors of the Criminal Justice System

Anthony Graves is an activist, public speaker, and founder of the Anthony Graves Foundation, an organization whose mission to raise awareness about the need...

White Teen Will Get Slap On Wrist For Violent Assault On...

We are constantly seeing more stories of actual violent white people somehow escaping the fates of those like Michael Brown and Tamir Rice. So many...

Obama Shortens Drug Dealer’s Sentence By More Than 3 Years Because...

President Obama has used the power of the nation's highest office Tuesday to commute a convicted drug dealer's sentence from 15 years to 11...

‘Last Meal Restaurant’ Gives Patrons A Taste Of The Death Penalty...

// // Imagine sitting at a restaurant table and being handed a menu with only five options, all of them pretty simple fare. One...

What Crimes Did Chris Christie’s Staff Commit?

Handicapping the state criminal charges that could result from the politically motivated closing of the George Washington Bridge in New Jersey. In a nice piece...

The Greed Of Private Prisons Is Much Worse Than You Ever...

Whoever coined the phrase "crime doesn't pay" clearly never operated a private prison. A recent online video exposes the greed and corruption these companies...

Death Penalty In Texas: 30 Milestones That Should Be Recognized Instead...

On June 26, the death penalty in Texas reached a milestone - the ?500th inmate was executed since reinstating capital punishment in 1982.?Kimberly McCarthy,...