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California State Audit Says Female Inmates Were Sterilized Illegally

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State Department: Malaysia, Thailand Aren't Doing Enough Against Human Trafficking

By Maya Rhodan

The 'Central Park Five' Settling Jogger Case for $40 Million

By Denver Nicks

3 Executions in 24 Hours

By Maya Rhodan
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One Executed, 2 Remain

Convicts in Florida, Georgia and Missouri were set to die within a 24 hour period for the first time since the botched lethal injection in Oklahoma last month

By Denver Nicks

First Openly Gay Black Man Added to Federal Bench

The Obama appointee was approved unanimously by the Senate

By Denver Nicks

Top 10 Rewards for Terrorists

Among the top 10 is the man who's leading the current insurgency in Iraq

By Tessa Berenson Rogers

Supreme Court: POM Wonderful Can Sue Coca-Cola

It's a juicy case

By Joan E. Greve

Court: Warrantless Cell Location Tracking Is Unconstitutional

A federal appeals court has for the first time said law enforcement can’t snoop on phone location records without a warrant

By Denver Nicks

Holder Backs Plan to Reduce Drug Sentences for Non-Violent Offenders

Attorney General Eric Holder formally supports new sentencing guidelines that could mean a swifter exit for low-level offenders currently serving time

By Maya Rhodan

Flying the Coop: Prisoners Escape in Chopper

The men were arrested on drug charges in 2010 and escaped in a helicopter parked in the detention center's courtyard

By Sam Frizell

Missouri Eyes Its Own Lethal-Injection Pharmacy

Missouri’s attorney general wants his state to manufacture execution drugs, but the cost and logistics might not be worth it

By Josh Sanburn

Montana Judge to Be Censured Over Rape Comments

The Billings judge said a 14-year-old rape victim was “older than her chronological age”

By Denver Nicks

'Suck It Up and Salute'

Pentagon, Intelligence officials used Top Secret intelligence to prevent previous release of Taliban Five, officials tell TIME

By Massimo Calabresi

Man Charged With Obstructing Boston Bombing Probe

Officials say there is no indication Khairullozhon Matanov had any advance knowledge of the bomb plot

By Denver Nicks

Obama Administration Calling for 'My Brother's Keeper' Mentors

The call for mentors is the first action from the My Brother's Keeper initiative, the goal of which is to expand educational and economic opportunity for young men of color

By Maya Rhodan

California Prisoners May Grow and Serve Own Food

Aside from feeding the prison population, the program aims to give participants a lower prison re-entry rate

By Charlie Campbell

House Passes Bill Funding Gun Background Checks

A background checks system widely seen as dysfunctional may get more funding in the wake of another mass shooting

By Denver Nicks

Rise of the Private Surveillance State

Secretive data brokers have amassed thousands of details on virtually every household in the country.

By Massimo Calabresi

Carl Levin Passes Plan to Close Guantanamo Bay

After passing his bill out of committee Thursday, Carl Levin said “We’ve created a path to close Guantanamo.” Levin’s bill is written in cleverly constructed language that would provide lawmakers some political cover if President Obama chooses to go down that path

By Massimo Calabresi
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