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Feature January 27, 2016
Why Some Young Sex Offenders Are Held Indefinitely
Jhon Sanchez already served his time for a series of sex offenses he committed when he was 13. But he’s not free yet. Inside the world of civil commitment.
By George Steptoe and Antoine Goldet
Feature August 4, 2015
The New Science of Sentencing
Should prison sentences be based on crimes that haven’t been committed yet?
By Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Ben Casselman and
Feature May 26, 2015
Policing the Police
As the Justice Department pushes reform, some changes don't last.
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Graphics February 12, 2015
The Cost of Crime Fighting
Reading between the line items of Department of Justice budgets, past and present.
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Graphics December 19, 2014
U.S. Incarceration: Still Mass
The shrink-the-prisons movement hasn’t moved the numbers.
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