Criminal justice

Sixty-four soldiers from the 3rd Battalion of the 24th United States Infantry, a predominantly black unit, were tried in the largest court martial in US military history over their roles in the Camp Logan riot. Thirteen were sentenced to death.

Remembering the black soldiers executed after Houston's 1917 race riot

On Dec. 11, 1917, a group of 13 black soldiers were hanged for their part in a little-remembered and deadly race riot. They were condemned to death after a trial many called unjust. Now, relatives on both sides of that Houston riot are uniting to preserve the memory of the event and to find some justice for those executed soldiers.

Remembering the black soldiers executed after Houston's 1917 race riot
Sandra Bland

How a traffic stop ended with a young black woman dead in a Texas jail

How a traffic stop ended with a young black woman dead in a Texas jail

'Herman's House': The Dreams of a Man in Solitary Confinement for 40 Years

'Herman's House': The Dreams of a Man in Solitary Confinement for 40 Years

Fighting Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System

Fighting Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System

The Angola Three and Solitary Confinement

The Angola Three and Solitary Confinement

Supreme Court Says Jails Can Conduct Strip-Searches

Supreme Court Says Jails Can Conduct Strip-Searches

Obama Campaign Returns Funds to Fugitive Rojas-Cardona's Family

Barack Obama's election campaign fund has decided to re-pay donations from relatives of a fugitive, Juan Jose Rojas-Cardona. The family has also sought a pardon for Rojas-Cardona, who fled to Mexico in 1994 to escape a variety of fraud and drug charges.

Obama Campaign Returns Funds to Fugitive Rojas-Cardona's Family

Flogging: A humane alternative to prison?

The United States has the largest prison population in the world. Some say that flogging would be more humane for some lawbreakers than imprisonment.

Flogging: A humane alternative to prison?
The World

Census: where should we count prison inmates?

The census requires counting prisoners in the place where they are incarcerated, not where they originally lived. Here to tell us why that's a problem is Peter Wagner, executive director of the Prison Policy Initiative.

Census: where should we count prison inmates?
The World

Race, Justice, Freedom and Paul Butler

Paul Butler was on track for the American dream. A graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School, he was a federal prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice. All that changed when he was arrested on charges he claims are false.

Race, Justice, Freedom and Paul Butler
The World

Judges rule California must close prisons

A panel of federal judges has ruled that California is not providing its prison population with adequate health care and ordered the state to reduce its prison population. The state says it will appeal. Anti-prison advocates talk with The Takeaway.

Judges rule California must close prisons