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Tracy Nguyen His Clients Were Acquitted of Murder. Why Did They Get Life Sentences?
No other case gets to Jarrett Adams as much as this one in Virginia does.
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Carolyn Drake Anissa Jordan Took Part in a Robbery. She Went to Prison for Murder.
The legal doctrine that allows people to be prosecuted for murder even if they didn’t kill anyone has fallen out of favor across the globe. In America, it remains common.
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Carlos Chavarría They Called for Help. They’d Always Regret It.
Two families called 911 to get help for their sons. They didn’t know that they’d be thrusting them into a complex and often brutal system.
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Ricardo Nagaoka An Alternative to Police That Police Can Get Behind
In Eugene, Oregon, a successful crisis-response program has reduced the footprint of law enforcement—and maybe even the likelihood of police violence.
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Katherine Lam When Mental Illness Becomes a Jail Sentence
Arrestees who are mentally incompetent to stand trial are supposed to be sent for treatment. But thousands are being warehoused in jails for months without a conviction.
