Criminal Justice

Feeling restless because we cannot go out to eat or attend a concert hardly amounts to involuntary incarceration.

Sister Helen Prejean, a long-time advocate of abolishing the death penalty, has said that the Supreme Court has "abdicated its legal and moral responsibilities" in allowing executions to proceed in various cases.

His vivid firsthand experiences on the job as a police officer are recounted extensively in Adam Plantinga's new book.

“The blueprint for transformation and liberation is already available,” she said. “The question that remains is: Will those in power use it?”

Minneapolis police have used force against African-American residents seven times more often than against white residents over the past five years, reports Kevin Clarke.

It’s the first arrest in a nearly yearlong investigation into the deal, which has convulsed the Vatican, raised questions about Pope Francis’ seven-year financial reform effort and exposed Machiavellian turf battles at the Holy See.