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Highlighting racial disparities may be less effective, a new study finds.

The ruling could change the way courts consider manslaughter cases in the future.

A new report finds that rural jails buck the trend of declining inmate populations.

Advances in DNA profiling bring up some interesting questions.

Timothy Loehmann, the police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014, was fired on Tuesday.

A new report finds that a drop in the prison population doesn't necessarily mean a drop in prison costs.

President Donald Trump has restored consumer confidence in private prisons—but they were never in danger of failing to begin with.

Manning had been serving a 35-year-sentence, the longest ever imposed for whistleblowing.

The president also promised to shut down the MS-13 gang.

"It is a core principle that prosecutors should charge and pursue the most serious, readily provable offense," Sessions wrote.