Is the Florida state death-penalty law unconstitutional?
EndFragment A Miami-Dade judge has ruled that Florida’s death penalty is unconstitutional because jurors are not required to agree...
Penn State Admits 1st Sandusky Claim Was in 1971
EndFragment Penn State's legal settlements with Jerry Sandusky's accusers cover alleged abuse dating to 1971, which was 40 years before...
Should the U.S. provide reparations for slavery and Jim Crow?
EndFragment The debate over reparations in the United States began even before slavery ended in 1865. It continues today. The...
Why Drug Rehab Is Outdated, Expensive, and Deadly
EndFragment The U.S. will spend $40 billion this decade fighting addiction, yet little of it will be used based on science. We wouldn’t...
The geography of addiction in the US
EndFragment I ended up selling all my valuable stuff to buy pills' On the outskirts of Kingsport, Tennessee, Kim, a therapist, faces a...
Before solitary: journey of a young man in the US prison system – video
EndFragment Tyreik Gilford, 26, was convicted of a drug charge and sentenced to six years in prison on 27 February 2015. In November, he...
Cops can ignore Black Lives Matter protesters, but not their insurers.
EndFragment In 2010, the police department in Rutledge, Tenn., was riven by scandal. The police chief, a 12-year department veteran, had...
Her fiance gave her heroin. She overdosed. Does that make him a murderer?
EndFragment Patty Farrell holds a photo of her daughter, Laree Farrell-Lincoln, who died of a heroin overdose three years ago. (Heather...
How Can America Fix Its Crime Labs?
EndFragment Scandals have plagued crime labs across the country. What can be done to prevent the next one? In 2013, Sonja Farak, a...
Hepatitis C epidemic largely untreated in Tennessee prisons
EndFragment Only eight of the 3,487 inmates known to have hepatitis C in Tennessee are receiving medicine that can cure the disease. John...
