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The Hold Up

by Ashley Cleek

  • May 3, 2016

“The court has to appear normal to the outside world. Even though things are really abnormal inside, it’s my job to keep a sense of normalcy and not to draw attention to the court.” –Chief…

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BONUS EPISODE: A Conversation on Eugenics and the Law

by Nancy Mullane

  • March 28, 2016

Last week, we published STERILIZED, Reporter Jess Engebretson’s disturbing story of Rose Brooks and Lewis Reynolds, two of more than 60,000 men and women forcibly sterilized in the United States by doctors working in state…

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Juggalos – Transcript

by Kirsten Jusewicz-Haidle

  • February 23, 2016

Groupies have always been a part of the music scene. The Grateful Dead and the Deadheads. Beatles and Beatlemania. Juggalos like music called horrorcore rap and the main group they follow is the Insane Clown…

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Overruled – Transcript

by Ashley Cleek

  • January 15, 2016

When you get that notice in the mail for jury duty, it’s can be annoying. How are you going to fit it in? But juries are important — they’re  democracy in action… twelve men and…

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Overruled

by Ashley Cleek

  • January 12, 2016

In the United States, juries are often seen as democracy in action. Twelve men and women are asked to hear an entire case, and ultimately, decide another person’s fate. But in Alabama, in capital murder…

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A whole ‘nother world… Live @ San Quentin

by Nancy Mullane

  • December 25, 2015

On Saturday night, Dec 5, 2015 more than 200 people filled the pews of the Catholic chapel inside San Quentin State Prison for a first-ever uncensored storytelling event behind the prison walls. Together, inmates and…

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Outside the Walls

by Troy Williams

  • December 15, 2015

“I didn’t go to prison because I was a saint. I went to prison because of my lifestyle. Since the age of 13 I was a gangbanger, and did what gangbangers do. I’m 49 years…

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Live Law Brooklyn – Truth or Dare

by Life of the Law

  • November 17, 2015

Truth or dare. When was the last time you played the game? We all have stories of playing the game in high school. Maybe it was a  Saturday night, and you sat around asking each other…

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Bit of an Edge

by Ashley Cleek

  • November 3, 2015

Jury Duty. It’s one of the pillars of our democratic society. If you are charged with a crime, a jury of your peers will determine your innocence or your guilt. But who selects the jurors?…

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The Stop

by Ashley Cleek

  • October 6, 2015

To train police officers how to conduct a traffic stop, academies across the country show recruits videos of officers being attacked and even murdered at traffic stops. Like this one: “Hi. Dave Smith of Police…

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