Whoever says the American justice system is the best in the world needs to have a sit-down with Carl Henley, who nearly lost his leg to an infection during his 2 1/2 year wait in Rikers Island on a gun charge for which he was later acquitted, the New York Daily News reports. SEE ALSO: […]

RICHMOND, Virginia — A transgender Virginia inmate has appealed the dismissal of her lawsuit asking the state to pay for her to have a sex change operation, saying a jury should decide if hormones and other therapies she receives are adequate.

Judges in Alabama are using their power, ignoring juries and imposing the death penalty on defendants who kill white victims, according to a recent report by the Equal Justice Initiative. Among other findings, the report examines judicial overrides — a little known practice that allows judges to overturn jury-decisions in death penalty cases. From the […]

WASHINGTON- The Washington Supreme Court recently threw out a murder conviction, ruling the prosecutor yielded “racist arguments” to attack defense witnesses. According to The Seattle Times the court, in a 8-1 ruling, found that veteran deputy prosecutor James Konat engaged in “prosecutorial misconduct” when questioning witnesses during the trail of Kevin L. Monday, who was […]

Los Angeles — Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the Rodney King beating, which was coincidentally caught on tape by a voyeuristic bystander, George Holliday. Unbeknown to Holliday that night, the nine minutes of taping would change the criminal justice system forever. With new technological advancements and the Internet, anyone with a cellphone now can […]

Houston, Texas–   A Texas man who was exonerated after serving 18 years in prison has been denied compensation because of a legal glitch.  Exonerated Death Row inmate Anthony Graves will be denied compensation because the word “Innocence,” was not used in the document ordering his release, his attorney Katherine Scardino said. RELATED: 25 reasons we […]

JACKSON, Miss.– For 16 years, sisters Jamie and Gladys Scott have shared a life behind bars for their part in an $11 armed robbery. To share freedom, they must also share a kidney.

An appeals court has overturned the murder conviction of an Ohio woman, China Arnold, accused of cooking her baby daughter in a microwave oven.

Herman Atkins is still trying to pick up the pieces 10 years after he was freed from imprisonment on phoney rape charges.

The problem of rape is ‘even worse than we thought’ The government reported Thursday that 4.4 percent of inmates in prison and 3.1 percent of inmates in jail report being victimized sexually by another inmate or staff member in the past year.

Federal agents are seeking to hire Ebonics translators to help interpret wiretapped conversations involving targets of undercover drug investigations.

The government-ordered inquest by two former FBI officials found that agents of the State Bureau of Investigation repeatedly aided prosecutors in obtaining convictions over a 16-year period, mostly by misrepresenting blood evidence and keeping critical notes from defense attorneys. The Associated Press obtained the review of blood evidence in cases from 1987 to 2003 in […]