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Feature May 22, 2021
Life Without Parole Is Replacing the Death Penalty — But the Legal Defense System Hasn’t Kept Up
Just ask a Dallas woman who spent a year in jail without talking to a lawyer.
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Juvenile offenders wait to go to the gym inside the Lucas County Juvenile Detention Center in Toledo, Ohio.
Commentary May 15, 2017
Give Juveniles Their Due
Fifty years after a landmark Supreme Court case, juvenile courts still lack due process.
By Prya Murad
News May 12, 2015
A New Conservative Approach to Justice: Serve the Poor
With jails filling up, right to counsel gains favor.
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News April 10, 2015
Why Was Walter Scott Running?
50,000 parents, mostly black fathers, can guess.
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Anthony Ray Hinton leaving the Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham, Ala. on April 3, the day he was released.
Q&A April 9, 2015
30 Years on Death Row: A Conversation with Anthony Ray Hinton
‘They tell you justice is blind. I am telling you that justice can see.'
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Commentary March 30, 2015
A Courtroom Divided
What a battle between a Mississippi judge and a group of public defenders tells us about the state of indigent defense.
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