Contents Pages by Subject

Criminal Justice System

Subject Photo
Article Image

Washington Post

Virginia is reconsidering how it administers solitary confinement at the state’s only super-maximum prison and plans to implement sweeping changes to its often-criticized practices. Nearly 500 inmates at Red Onion State Prison spend 23 hours a day

Article Image

The Agitator

After imprisoning a man 17 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, Washington state finally sets him free . . . with $2,500 and a bus ticket. Oh, but it gets WAY better....

Article Image

Reuters

"I'm never going to regret not taking the plea," Ravi said. "If I took the plea, I would have had to testify that I did what I did to intimidate Tyler and that would be a lie. I won't ever get up there and tell the world I hated Tyler because he was

Article Image

http://www.wendymcelroy.com, By Wendy McElroy

Imagine witnessing a brutal scene of domestic violence (DV) on the street. A broken nose floods the victim’s torso with blood, a stomach punch causes collapse on the pavement, and you hear a moan for help. What would you do, how would you feel?

Article Image

The Agitator

A 7% exoneration rate may be grossly understating the problem. Garrett suspects the error rate may be as high as 17%. Of the first 250 people exonerated by DNA testing, a whopping 76% were misidentified by eyewitnesses.

Article Image

.

Close's resignation comes about a week after a federal judge overturned his 2001 capital murder conviction of Michael Wayne Hash. The judge in his lengthy opinion cited extreme prosecutorial and police misconduct in how the case was handled.

Article Image

AP

A Maryland teenager accused of helping a terror cell based in Ireland will plead guilty to a U.S. terrorism charge, according to court papers filed Monday. Mohammad Hassan Khalid became a rare juvenile suspect held in FBI custody after his arrest

thelibertyadvisor.com/declare