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Shaka Senghor — a best-selling author who spent 7 years in solitary confinement during a 19-year sentence for murder — discusses forgiveness and flaws in the criminal justice system
Sengho spoke to Insider about incarceration the journey toward healing for victims, perpetrators, a…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Should Derek Chauvin face 30 years in prison? Criminal justice reform advocates say a long sentence would do more harm than good
"People do have a right to celebrate a guilty verdict," said activist Katherin Hervey. "However, ou…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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In a rare show of solidarity, Republicans and Democrats are working together to pass sweeping criminal justice reform in Michigan as the state's jail population grows
At a time when Michigan has become emblematic of our broken political system, lawmakers have come t…
J. Lester Feder
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Black offenders are more likely to get federal life sentences than Hispanic and white offenders, a new study finds
In an analysis of federal convictions from 2010 to 2017, Black offenders were involved in less than…
Samantha Stokes
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Schools that suspend more students have more of them end up in jail
A paper finds that children that attend schools with higher rates of suspension are about 15% to 20…
Allana Akhtar
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Delayed justice for Kevin Strickland, the Groveland 4 highlight a racial reckoning in criminal justice
Kevin Strickland was released from prison days after the Groveland four were exonerated. Experts se…
DeArbea Walker
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Baltimore will no longer prosecute for drug possession, prostitution, or other low-level crimes after pandemic experiment 'success'
Baltimore officials said crime was down over the past year with the policies in place, despite othe…
Kelsey Vlamis
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One year after George Floyd's death, there are nearly 200 fewer police officers on active duty in Minneapolis
A spokesman didn't want to speculate about why the active-duty force shrank after Floyd's death, bu…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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A man who was in prison for 34 years was exonerated after an investigation found evidence of police misconduct
A Philly man was released after 34 years in prison for murder after evidence emerged that informant…
Gabby Landsverk
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Criminal justice systems struggle to deal with COVID-19
"In such anxious times it is even more pertinent that people are not cut off from the outside worl…
PTI
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A judge ripped Justice Department prosecutors over their sentencing recommendations for people convicted of crimes in the Capitol riot
Chief US District Judge Beryl A. Howell previously expressed dissatisfaction with how the governmen…
Erin Snodgrass
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Criminal Justice's Madhav Mishra understands emotional complexities of legal cases: Pankaj Tripathi
Versatile actor Pankaj Tripathi, who has won our hearts with his portrayal of wittiest and sharpest…
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Missouri prosecutor declines to charge white man who fatally shot his Black neighbor
Activists say that Missouri chronically fails to bring charges against those who kill Black men, ci…
Gwen Aviles
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Progressive prosecutor Larry Krasner is taking on gun violence and ‘dirty cops’ in Philadelphia
In an interview, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner defended his handling of the city's g…
Charles R. Davis
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California prison guard, who boasted in text messages of abusing inmates, pleads guilty to unprovoked assault of an inmate who died 2 days later
Arturo Pacheco faces up to 60 years in prison after pleading guilty to assaulting inmates and filin…
Charles R. Davis
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America's prison guards are the 'ugly stepchildren' of the criminal justice system
Just last week, authorities said a female correction officer tried to smuggle cocaine, cellphones, …
Erin Fuchs
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America's Prison Guards Are The 'Ugly Stepchildren' Of The Criminal Justice System
The Baltimore case is the most disturbing case of prison guard corruption in recent memory. Guards …
Erin Fuchs
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'Stuck in a system': Former child detainees speak out about a Tennessee juvenile detention center and the controversial judge who put them there
"Juvenile was not rehabilitation. It was more like torture," one person who served time in the Ruth…
Katie Balevic
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Lawyers for a NY man imprisoned for 22 years say they can prove he's innocent. They just need a hearing.
Andre Brown was convicted of two counts of attempted murder in 2000. His lawyers have been waiting …
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Criminal justice experts are urging caution in judging police shooting videos
In the Philando Castile case, the cellphone video broadcast through Facebook Live by Diamond Reynol…