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Formerly incarcerated firefighters among group of new graduates from SoCal fire career program

Melissa Lucio Granted Stay of Ex*****on by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals - Innocence Project Melissa Lucio will no longer face ex*****on on April 27.

April 21, 1930: Inmates Burned Alive in Ohio State Penitentiary Fire - Zinn Education Project Three hundred twenty-two inmates were killed in a fire at the Ohio State Penitentiary.

Paroled People Can Vote in Colorado. Why Did Forms Say They Couldn’t? More than two years after a reform bill, outdated government messaging still causes confusion.

Colorado Legislators Advance Bill To Ban Police from Lying to Minors During Interrogations Reason reported last year on how minors are particularly susceptible to being coerced into false confessions.

It is shocking that the Supreme Court won’t hear this case. Co-defendants should never be represented by the same attorney in a criminal case.

Sotomayor slams refusal to take up ineffective counsel case Conflict of interest concerns arose after two of four defendants in a racketeering case accepted a plea deal in exchange for testimony against the others, who were represented by the same attorney.

The End of Public Defenders | Matthew Caldwell | INQUEST One path to ending mass incarceration is ending our modern conception of public defense. And being transparent about our work is one way to start.

Colorado will have the 1st statewide prison radio station in US history The station's programming is created by incarcerated producers in production studios in 3 Colorado prisons.

Appeals court says judge may be 'in the wrong line of work,' vacates sentence for a second time The Michigan Court of Appeals has once again vacated a sentence imposed by a Michigan judge in a fatal stabbing case, citing his “blatant refusal” to follow precedent that bars judges from considering acquitted conduct in sentencing.