justice
Criminal justice reform takes step forward
March 16, 2010Small, but significant, victories are being made to reduce inequalities in criminal justice system.
Read moreDon Belton: How homophobia turned love into death
January 25, 2010The mutilated body of Don Belton, an African American English professor at Indiana University, was found in his Bloomington apartment three days after Christmas.
Read moreAfter 23 years in jail, alleged torture victim is freed
January 15, 2010CHICAGO, Ill. - After living behind bars for more than 23 years for a crime he did not commit, Michael Tillman was finally freed Jan. 14 here.
Read moreTwo Cuban Five prisoners are resentenced
December 10, 2009A federal judge in Miami has reduced the jail time of two more of a group of five Cubans who were given draconian sentences in a controversial and highly politicized 2001 trial.
Read moreThe ugly stain of Republican politics and Judge Sotomayor
August 11, 2009The confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor as the first Latina and third woman ever to serve on the U.S. Supreme court should be regarded with a deep sense of satisfaction by all lovers of justice in this...
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