criminal justice – Page 10

Illinois sues to prevent pension for cop tied to torture

February 9, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

Activists against police torture here welcome Ill. Attorney General Lisa Madigan's lawsuit to stop Jon Burge, the former police commander convicted for lying about the torture of suspects, from receiving his pension.

Trial of Posada Carriles starts in Texas

January 18, 2011 By Emile Schepers

On Monday January 10, the trial of Luis Posada Carriles began in the federal courthouse in El Paso, Texas. Posada is seen in most of Latin America as a terrorist, responsible for many deaths. Yet he...

Illinois: One pen away from abolishing the death penalty

January 14, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

Lawmakers are poised to make Illinois the first state to end capital punishment since 2009.

Scott sisters freed!

January 4, 2011

Jamie and Gladys Scott received the news on December 29 that their 16-year prison ordeal was over at last: Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour commuted their double-life sentences and ordered them out of prison. They were originally...

Time to end stop-and-frisk policing

November 10, 2010 By PW Editorial Board

Crime rates have dropped, but the unconstitutional, and therefore criminal, harassment of black and brown youth is on the increase. This racial profiling is anti-worker. It must be stopped.