Carl Miller Murder Conviction Overturned, 46 Years Later
Miller spent decades in prison insisting he did not kill Rabbi David Okunov in a high-profile 1979 murder in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
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Anthony Sims Murder Conviction Overturned by Appeals Court, 27 Years Later
Sims has long insisted that he did not pull the trigger in a Brooklyn murder.
Shocking prison killing by guards continues to spur calls for reforms.
Protesters Say Building New Brooklyn Jail Bound to Fail
The new jail under construction in Downtown Brooklyn is the first of four the City wants to build to replace the Rikers Island jail complex.
New evidence emerges that prosecutors cut corners to put away an innocent man.
New Book Looks at the History of Carceral Apartheid
Research reveals the ways resistance inside prisons has been suppressed, propping up an unequal and unjust social order.
Prisons and the Pandemic: Enraging New Book Looks at How Incarcerated Americans Experienced COVID-19
Five people imprisoned in different parts of the country narrate what it was like to be trapped behind prison walls with no place to seek refuge during the deadly pandemic.
Life On ICE: Marcial Morales is Still Fighting to Stay Here
Small business owner and father of three on the verge of deportation three years after leading epic hunger strike against immigrant detention.
Spoon Jackson has been in prison for 47 years. He recently released an album of spoken word poetry.
The Scarcella Files: When Unethical Prosecutors Get Off Scot-Free
An Indypendent review of the prosecutors’ track records shows that not a single assistant district attorney experienced any public repercussions for overseeing a flawed murder conviction that involved notorious Brooklyn detective Louis Scarcella.