Crime and Justice

2 Swing States That Swing on Felon Disenfranchisement

If Florida and Virginia didn't permanently bar ex-felons from voting, Mitt Romney might well be toast.

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| Fri Nov. 2, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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The Government Secretly Spied On You? Prove It!

The feds' defense in a landmark Supreme Court case is a catch-22.

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| Tue Oct. 30, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Prisoners to Remain on Rikers Island As Hurricane Sandy Heads for New York

Mayor Bloomberg is not too worried about the 12,000 prisoners on the small island between Queens and the Bronx.

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| Mon Oct. 29, 2012 9:43 AM PDT

Occupy Oakland Returns to the Streets For One Night

Was it a commemoration of an all-but-dead movement or a "dress rehearsal" for something bigger?

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| Fri Oct. 26, 2012 10:32 AM PDT

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TSA Removes X-Ray Body Scanners From Major Airports

X-ray body scanners have been quietly replaced with safer machines.

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 | Fri Oct. 19, 2012 9:53 AM PDT

Will California Strike Down "3 Strikes" in November?

The punitive 1994 state law sparked a nationwide tough-on-crime frenzy. Now, even Republicans like Grover Norquist back a ballot measure to make it more lenient.

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| Fri Oct. 19, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Prisoners' Contact Information

To contact the inmates featured in Shane Bauer's investigation of California prisons, use the mailing addresses below.

Thu Oct. 18, 2012 5:34 PM PDT

7 Surprising Items That Get Prisoners Thrown Into Solitary

From Christmas cards to newspaper clippings, California prison officials have cited just about everything as "evidence" of gang activity.

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| Wed Oct. 17, 2012 6:33 PM PDT
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Solitary in Iran Nearly Broke Me. Then I Went Inside America's Prisons.

We throw thousands of men in the hole for the books they read, the company they keep, the beliefs they hold. Here's why.

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| Mon Sep. 24, 2012 5:58 PM PDT
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What Extreme Isolation Does to Your Mind

In the 1950s, university researchers put volunteers in tiny rooms and deprived them of sensory input. The results were shocking.

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| Fri Oct. 12, 2012 1:41 PM PDT

Maps: Solitary Confinement, State by State

An exclusive review of how state prisons use isolation to discipline inmates and weed out gang members.

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| Tue Oct. 9, 2012 12:29 PM PDT

VIDEO: Former Hostage Shane Bauer Returns to Solitary

"There are no windows here:" Investigating America's prisons after years locked up in Iran.

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| Wed Oct. 17, 2012 11:35 PM PDT

Life in the Hole: Inside a Solitary Cell

A guided tour of the seven-by-eleven-foot space where inmates spend 23 hours a day.

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| Thu Oct. 18, 2012 12:30 AM PDT

Romney Points Finger at Single Moms on Gun Violence

At Tuesday's presidential debate, the GOP candidate also made a false claim about assault weapons.

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| Wed Oct. 17, 2012 1:50 PM PDT
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Bush Gitmo Prosecutor: "I Was Mistaken"

A former military commissions prosecutor praises the overturning of a Gitmo detainee's guilty verdict.

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| Tue Oct. 16, 2012 2:09 PM PDT
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Bush-Appointed Judge Smacks Down Bush and Obama's Military Commissions

The verdict in the Hamdan case could impact future military commissions trials.

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| Tue Oct. 16, 2012 12:15 PM PDT

Mitt Romney Loves a Good Gun Conspiracy

The presidential candidate rolls with paranoid NRA talk while ignoring mass shooting victims.

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| Tue Oct. 2, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

As Appeal Trial Approaches, Pussy Riot Asks the World for Help

The band's defense team rallies for international support ahead of the October 1st trial.

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| Fri Sep. 28, 2012 3:01 AM PDT
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Romney Gives a Shout-Out to Supporters Linked to Fraud Scheme

Top Romney backers Remedios and Fausto Diaz-Oliver each served three years' probation after a federal investigation into their import business.

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| Thu Sep. 27, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

The NRA Surge: 99 Laws Rolling Back Gun Restrictions

Kansas now allows guns inside K-12 schools—one of a barrage of looser state laws passed in the last four years.

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| Wed Sep. 26, 2012 3:01 AM PDT