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$50M wrongful conviction case highlights decades of Chicago police forced confessions
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoHe was fired in 1993 after the police department’s review board ruled he had tortured people, according to the Illinois Torture and Reflief Commission, a group formed by the state< ...
From 20 years in California prison to success as an optician, one man hopes to inspire more paths to...
CBS News· 1 day agoThe California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA) on Wednesday launched a new program at Solano ...
Map shows US prison population is growing in these states
Newsweek· 3 days agoData from the National Prisoner Statistics, a set of figures compiled by the Bureau of Justice...
Dad convicted of serving drugged mango smoothies at daughter's sleepover sentenced to prison time
TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoOregon dad Michael Meyden was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to serving smoothies spiked...
Why Biden's protest problem has reached deep-blue California and why it matters
LA Times via Yahoo News· 48 minutes agoFormer President Trump was once greeted in California with street protests. Now his visits generate...
Fireworks laws in NJ, Pa and NY: Where to buy, sell and set off
New Jersey Herald via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoIt's legal to purchase those products in the Garden State as well, but only if you're 16 or older....
Legislative body fails to issue recommendation on closing Logan prison due to lack of quorum
WCIA Champaign via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The Illinois state legislature failed to issue a recommendation on...
Mexico’s small, oft-questioned Green Party to become the second-largest force in Congress
WCBD-TV Charleston· 15 hours agoMEXICO CITY (AP) — It’s been a long strange trip for Mexico’s Ecologist Green Party, which rode on...
State revenue on target as end of budget year approaches
The Times of Northwest Indiana· 14 hours agoIndiana is on track to end its 2024 budget year June 30 with almost exactly the General Fund...
New California prison program allows inmates to land jobs from behind bars pending their release
CBS News· 2 days agoA new program called "Entry to Employment" inside California state prisons is working to change...