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The Alameda County District Attorney's office was ordered by a federal judge to review more than 30 death penalty cases after Black and Jewish jurors were purposefully excluded in the conviction of a man in 1993.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — It’s not just perception, a top expert says: Dauphin County Prison really does have more problems than comparable facilities. “From what I know about what’s going on there — the the lack of oversight and accountability, some of the deaths that have occurred there over the past few years — it […]

The inmate population is down, but the death rate in Los Angeles County jails is the highest it's been in at least 15 years. Why?

An ailing inmate worker in the kitchen at Men’s Central Jail unwittingly exposed thousands of detainees to hepatitis A before medical staff discovered what was wrong with him, triggering a vaccination campaign last year.

As Jay D. Aronson and Dr. Roger A. Mitchell explore in their recent book 'Death in Custody,' that lack of data is a national problem.

As Jay D. Aronson and Dr. Roger A. Mitchell explore in their recent book 'Death in Custody,' that lack of data is a national problem.

Festivals, concerts, and late-summer fun in DC, Maryland, and Virginia September 5–10. DC Bike Ride, NextNow Fest, and more things to do.

A student’s opinion essay kindles the latest flare-up in a contentious debate over whether college students feel free to express their beliefs in the classroom and elsewhere.