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Jeff Sessions Leaves the Trump Administration With a Tough Legacy on Crime and Immigration

Here's how Sessions, who resigned Wednesday at Trump's request, will be remembered.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks to reporters outside his office in Midtown Manhattan, on October 24th, 2018.

Now That Andrew Cuomo’s Been Re-Elected, Will He Tackle Criminal Justice Reform in New York?

Pacific Standard spoke with Alyssa Smaldino, an organizer with Survived and Punished, about the governor's record reluctance to commute the sentences of jailed domestic abuse survivors.

Natalie Pattillo

A voter heads to a polling station in Athens, Georgia, on November 8th, 2016. In the past decade, the number of registered voters removed from the rolls across the South due to a conviction has nearly doubled.

Florida Passed Amendment 4. That Could Be Good News for Democrats.

Now that felons can vote in Florida, Democrats might see a boost in future elections.

Max Ufberg

Voters fill out their ballots as they cast their vote at a polling station setup in Legion Park for the mid-term election on November 6th, 2018 in Miami, Florida.

Over a Million Felons Could Regain the Right to Vote in Florida

In one of the most consequential mid-term measures nationwide, Florida's Amendment 4 would automatically restore voting rights to most felons who complete their sentences.

Emma Sarappo

Social Justice

In the South, an Aggressive Effort to Purge Former Felons From Voting Rolls

Most of the country is making it easier for former felons to vote. But in the South, the number of voters removed due to felonies has nearly doubled in the past decade, an APM Reports/Pacific Standard analysis shows.

Angela Caputo