“Fear City” documents the 1970s mob in a familiar and increasingly unconvincing good guy vs. bad guy narrative.

Thanks to the Trump administration’s signature mix of incompetence and corruption, America is knee-deep in fraud and corporate malfeasance.

In allowing the government to kill a man amid a pandemic, the court's conservatives have declared their fealty to the death penalty.

The corrupt and abusive Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is just one of many in America that have evaded oversight.

Inside the hell of solitary confinement

“The Painter and the Thief” is a dispatch from the space where a man’s life and his portrait intersect.

Ramon Ward was exonerated thanks to a new system of reinvestigating old cases. He hopes he’s not the last.

Petitions for early release reveal the contours of people’s lives before incarceration, conditions on the inside, and what might come after.

The night I partied with the now-disgraced congressman, I learned brazenness and entitlement might have been his best qualities.

Believe what you're seeing: Donald Trump wants a brutal, lawless, loyal military.

In many states, ex-felons are required to settle debts before they can cast a ballot—a modern twist on poll taxes, disenfranchising black Americans.

Inmates are among the most vulnerable populations on our warming planet—and among the most ignored.

The former prosecutor offered her measured version of criminal justice reform in advance of tonight's Democratic debate.

Bill Clinton isn't the only one who deserves blame for turning America into a carceral state.

Arrests and crime are down amid cops’ protest of the firing of officer Daniel Pantaleo, who killed Eric Garner.

The Manhattan District Attorney has had a long run, but his role in recent high-profile cases may bring unexpected change to a very powerful place.

What the "30-50 feral hogs" meme reveals about Americans' twisted view of our relationship with wildlife.

History shows that the expansion of the American security state never benefits racial and religious minorities.

"Felony murder" laws across America are being used to charge juveniles with crimes they didn't commit.

It's a myth that the Founders opposed the regulation of deadly weapons.