Is the era of the death penalty ending? “We’re seeing the first signs that it could happen,” William Saletan of Slate reports. In a 1994 Gallup poll … [Read more...]

‘This represents the 12th consecutive year in which the number of inmates under sentence of death decreased’ Executions in the United States are on a … [Read more...]

A federal appeals court has refused to order Missouri to reveal the source of drugs to be used in lethal injections. In a 7-3 decision, the 8th U.S. … [Read more...]

Seventeen states are using a new criminal justice strategy that relies on evidence-based methods to bring down prison costs while reducing recidivism … [Read more...]

There has been a sharp decline in violence between intimate partners, according to a federal analysis. “From 1994 to 2011, the rate of serious … [Read more...]

Valley State Prison offers the only merit-based incentive program fully implemented for inmates who want to be positive programmers in the California … [Read more...]

In a record-breaking year for exonerations in the United States, law enforcement officials say, “We are getting better at avoiding wrongful … [Read more...]

Reid’s daughter and sister cut the ankle monitor off after she fell into a coma on Oct. 14, 2013 Robin Reid was dying of cancer when she was … [Read more...]

Homicides, nationwide, continue to decline and now occur at the lowest annual rate since 1963, reports the U.S. Department of Justice. Using data from … [Read more...]