Debt incurred by prisoners can create a staggering barrier to establishing financial security after being released--and in many cases, can force individuals back into prison for failure to pay.Full story
Employment discrimination is only one of the barriers ex-offenders face when they are released from prison. Mayor of Atlanta Kasim Reed, Madeline Neighly from the National Employment Law Project, Rev. Vivian Nixon, executive director of the College and Community Fellowship, and Rebecca Vallas from C
Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski was arrested over the weekend for sexual battery, underscoring a systemic problem inside this branch of the military.
In Los Angeles, another Jackson trial starts Monday. This one by the Jackson family against the concert promoters who backed the late popstar's ill-fated comeback tour in June of 2009. MSNBC's Ari Melber speaks to criminal defense attorney Mark Gergagos, author of "Mistrial: An inside look at how th
Carroll Parr, 35, is pictured in this undated handout photo from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Parr, who was convicted of killing a man during a 2003 robbery, was executed May 7, 2013 in Huntsville, Texas. REUTERS/Texas Department of Criminal Justice/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIM
REFILE - CORRECTING SPELLING OF LAW SCHOOLDefense attorney Judy Clarke speaks at the Fidler Institute on Criminal Justice at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, California in this handout photo courtesy of Loyola Law School April 26, 2013. Clarke has been assigned to the defense team for Boston Mar
