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News

Obama just granted clemency to 111 federal inmates, 35 of whom had life sentences

08.30.16

By Tess Owen
Identity

Brock Turner Inspires Mandatory Lock-Up for Unconscious Rape Cases

08.30.16

By Kimberly Lawson
Drugs

If Justin Trudeau Is About To Legalize Weed, Why Are We Still Imprisoning People Over It?

04.21.16

By Manisha Krishnan
Drugs

Canada Strikes Down Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Law for Drug Traffickers

04.15.16

By Manisha Krishnan
Drugs

A Prosecutor’s Regret: How I Sentenced Someone to Life in Prison for Selling Drugs

04.08.16

By John Lovell, as told to Alysia Santo
Sports

Sentence Commuted, Former Prisoner Can Now Watch His Beloved Panthers

02.05.16

By Mike Vorkunov
News

How Rikers Island Regressed (Extra Scene from ‘VICE News Meets Bernie Kerik’)

01.29.16

By VICE News
News

Bernie Kerik: The VICE News Interview

01.22.16

By VICE News
US Senators Have Finally Reached a Deal to Overhaul the Criminal Justice System

10.01.15

By Drew Millard
Talking to Two Federal Drug Offenders About Getting Out Early

09.26.15

By Kenneth Rosen
We Talked to One of the 46 Inmates Barack Obama Ordered Released from Prison

07.21.15

By Seth Ferranti and Robert Rosso
What Federal Inmates Are Saying About President Obama’s Plan to Visit a Prison Today

07.16.15

By Seth Ferranti and Robert Rosso

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