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The Netflix documentary about the case against Wisconsin man Steven Avery has everyone talking. What can you do if you smell a rat?
Not only does capital punishment not deter crime but it’s more expensive than keeping a convicted murderer in prison for life.
The US Supreme Court is bitterly divided over the death penalty. One reason for that is all the convictions based on coerced confessions
Abolition has become a political football – and many politicians see the advantage of supporting it.
More than 150 people have been released from death rows around the US after having their wrongful convictions overturned. Most continue to face social stigma and unemployment.
What are the arguments for and against the death penalty and do they stand up to examination?
New films by Kim Longinotto and Nick Broomfield reveal the shocking disposability of women in the sex trade in the US - and their struggle to be heard
Gerry Conlon, wrongly jailed for a 1975 IRA bombing in which he had no part, died on June 21 at the age of 60. The case of the Guildford Four remains one the most famous miscarriage of justice in Britain…
Private Bradley Manning narrowly avoided conviction on the charge of “aiding the enemy” in a US military court, but make no mistake: the verdict is a severe one. The tormented young man who downloaded…
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