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Harvey Weinstein enters a Manhattan court house as a jury continues with deliberations in his trial on February 24, 2020 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Weinstein faces additional charge

Daniel Kreps - Rolling Stone
William Barr | Woman in a medical mask behind bars (AP Photo/Getty Images/Salon)

Criminalizing the pandemic won't stop it

Sophia Tesfaye
FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2014, file photo, inmates wait to enter their assigned cell block after arriving at the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy, Calif. Corrections officials are proposing new sentencing rules that aim to trim California's prison population by nearly 2,000 inmates in the first year and by 9,500 inmates after four years. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) (AP)

Social distancing impossible in prisons

Victoria Law - Truthout
Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich arrives at O'Hare International Airport after being released from prison on February 19, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty)

White-collar prosecutions hit record low

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
Eli Harold, Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid of the San Francisco 49ers (Getty/Thearon W. Henderson)

On the NFL and criminal justice reform

Matt Ventresca, Kathryn Henne - The Conversation
Donald Trump; Jared Kushner (AP/Carolyn Kaster/Getty/Mandel Ngan)

Jared hijacks the pardon process: report

Igor Derysh
(AP/Elaine Thompson)

"Smells like debtors prison"

Anjali Tsui - ProPublica
Nicholas Pinnock and Indira Varma in "For Life" (ABC/Giovanni Rufino)

50 Cent brings wrongful conviction to TV

Melanie McFarland
FILE - This April 29, 2014, file photo, shows an Exxon sign at an Exxon gas station in Carnegie, Pa. Low oil prices have helped cost Exxon its pristine "AAA" credit rating from Standard & Poor's, a label it held for over six decades, S&P announced Tuesday, April 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File) (AP)

Destroying the (electronic) evidence

Will Young - ProPublica
Making a Murderer, Nisman: Death of a Prosecutor, and The Confession Killer (Netflix)

True crime: From bad guys to bad justice

Ashlie D. Stevens
(Getty/sakhorn38)

Higher education in America’s prisons

Jamaal Abdul-Alim - The Conversation
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (AP/Bryan Woolston)

FBI probes Matt Bevin's pardons

Igor Derysh
(Getty/JEFF KOWALSKY)

How "tough on crime" became a liability

Jody D. Armour - The Conversation
FILE – In this Jan. 19, 2017, file photo, Phil Murphy, a Democratic candidate for New Jersey governor and former U.S. ambassador to Germany in President Barack Obama's administration, addresses a gathering in Woodbridge, N.J. Jim Johnson, a rival Democratic candidate for New Jersey governor and former treasury official in President Bill Clinton's administration, filed a complaint Thursday, March 30, 2017, asking the Election Law Enforcement Commission to investigate Murphy, who is also a former Goldman Sachs executive. Johnson's campaign alleges two groups Murphy set up before officially entering the governor's race, New Start New Jersey and New Way for New Jersey, constituted exploratory committees. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File) (AP)

New Jersey revives parolee voting rights

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
FILE - This Oct. 9, 2014, file photo shows the gurney in the the execution chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Okla. An Oklahoma grand jury investigating the state’s execution procedures said Thursday, May 19, 2016 that a top lawyer for Gov. Mary Fallin encouraged the use of the wrong lethal injection drug in an execution that was later called off. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) (AP)

False testimony sentenced a man to death

Jolie McCullough - The Texas Tribune
(Getty Images/mint Images Rf)

Opinions on the death penalty

Kevin O'Neal Cokley - The Conversation
In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, Linda Montel shows off supplies on a check in desk at Safer Inside, a realistic model of a safe injection site in San Francisco. The model is an example of a supervised, indoor location where intravenous drug users can consume drugs in safer conditions and access treatment and recovery services. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

It’s time for drug policy reform

Louise Arbour, Geoff Gallop, Miriam Aroni Krinsky
In this May 17, 2011, file photo, a New York City Department of Corrections bus passes the sign near the gate at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Not the end of the fight

Andrea Germanos - Common Dreams
The tiny paper dragon, in the palm of Rene’s hand (photo provided by PR firm)

A gift from an innocent man on death row

Rene Denfeld
Elizabeth Warren; Joe Biden; Kamala Harris (AP/Salon)

Liz Warren takes aim at Biden and Harris

Matthew Rozsa
(AP/Charlie Neibergall)

Sanders unveils criminal justice plan

Matthew Rozsa
Sen. Bernie Sanders (AP/Brynn Anderson)

Sanders unveils criminal justice plan

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
(Getty/Juanmonino)

French cannabis debate ignores big race

David A Guba Jr. - The Conversation
July 27, 2006 arrest file photo made available by the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office, in Florida, shows Jeffrey Epstein. (AP/Palm Beach Sheriff's Office)

Epstein's neck wounds raise suspicions

Matthew Rozsa
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