Criminal law

Advocates gather outside the county building in McHenry County, Woodstock, Illinois, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021.
Immigration
ICE contracts at local, regional level spark contentious debate
Three men wearing orange prison suits fold their hands in their laps and wear blue shoes.
Immigration
ICE detainees go on hunger strike to press for COVID-19 protections
Members of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) hold stencils made by French street artist C215 representing portraits of emprisonned Turkish journalists,
FBI is dismantling its war crimes unit
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Media
Crucial video evidence of war crimes is being deleted. How can it be saved?
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Conflict
Trump’s new pick for CIA director has a murky past with torture programs
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Field Office Director Jorge Field (L), 53, arrests an Iranian immigrant in San Clemente, California.
Conflict
ICE agents are increasingly playing the roles of both police and judge
Global Politics
When a rape isn’t a rape: FBI statistics ignore many cities’ rapes
Purvi Patel was sentenced March 30, 2015 for feticide and child neglect.
Justice
Purvi Patel faces 20 years in prison for feticide and child neglect
The logo of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is shown in the lobby of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia March 3, 2005.
Justice
There may be reason for optimism following the CIA torture report
Detainees in orange jumpsuits sit in a holding area watched by military police at Guantanamo Bay's Camp X-Ray in 2002.
Conflict
How the US provides inspiration for terrorists groups like ISIS
A demonstrator is held down during a simulation of waterboarding outside the Justice Department in 2007.
Conflict
For Black Hawk Down author, CIA torture report is no surprise
The exterior of the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville, West Virginia.
Justice
As US juvenile justice improves, West Virginia still funnels kids from schools to prisons
South African Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius leaves the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on September 11, 2014.
Justice
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is acquitted of murder, but could face a lesser charge
Conflict & Justice
Blogging behind bars
A fireman installs the wheelchair of former Rwandan army captain Pascal Simbikangwa before the start of his trial at a Paris court.
Conflict & Justice
Rwanda’s former intel chief, on trial in France, is accused of personally torturing people from his wheelchair
Conflict & Justice
Part II: Responding to the crisis
Development & Education
Indian gang rape victim Suzette Jordan goes public with her story
Conflict & Justice
Update: Why Indian gang rape victim Suzette Jordan went public
Global Politics
Critics call for fathers in India to take leading role in addressing rape, gender issues
Conflict & Justice
Trafficking of young girls in India a growing problem amid gender imbalance
Conflict & Justice
Deadly gang rape leads to massive protests in India
Global Politics
Historic CIA rendition case back in lime light with appeal
Global Politics
War crimes trial of Ratko Mladic inspires graffiti war in Serbia
Global Politics
Slacktivism works to make the invisible visible
Global Politics
Online, considerable anger over Stop Online Piracy Act
Serbian military leader Ratko Mladic arrested: Survivors respond
Global Politics
The Obama administration’s war on whistleblowers
Global Politics
Flogging: A humane alternative to prison?
Business, Economics and Jobs
How to avoid a more dangerous identity theft
Arts, Culture & Media
New novel about surviving Africa’s ethnic violence
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Global Hit:’ Interrogation Music
Global Politics
Why an Ex-CIA Official was Detained in Panama
Conflict & Justice
The World’s Oldest Extradition Treaty
The Disappeared, and Those Waiting
Justice Denied at Guantanamo Bay
Arrest Made in the Texas DA Killings
Conflict & Justice
Kidnap and Rape of American Student in Brazil Harkens Back to Delhi Case
Arts, Culture & Media
Joseph Kony’s War in Central Africa — in Comics Form
Conflict & Justice
‘Amnesty’: Sensitive Word in the Immigration Debate
Sports
Olympic Runner Oscar Pistorius Charged with Murder
Conflict & Justice
South Africa Rape and Murder Sparks Outrage
Conflict & Justice
Algeria Gas Facility Attack May Have Been an Inside Job
Indian Rape Protests Foretell Feminist Spring
Arts, Culture & Media
The Tradition of Murder Ballads in Finland
Conflict & Justice
The Trafficking of Girls in India
Investigating the Underground Trade of Human Trafficking
Film Shows 1965 Coup from the Killers’ Perspective
Conflict & Justice
India Clamoring for Justice Following Gang Rape
Conflict & Justice
The Murder Case that Brought Down Chinese Communist Party Leader Bo Xilai
Global Politics
Ratko Mladic Inspires Graffiti War in Serbia
20 years later, Mladic stands trial
Global Politics
US Military Goes on the Hunt for Joseph Kony
Hunting for Joseph Kony
Global Politics
Obama: Preventing Atrocities is Core Security Interest
Fighting Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System
European Court of Human Rights Ruling Opens Door to Extradite Suspected Terrorists
Stand Your Ground Laws Lead to Rise in Justifiable Homicides, Report Says
A Former INS Commissioner on the New ICE Guidelines
Incarceration in America: Barriers to Re-entry
Joseph Kony: He’s Long Been Famous in Atiak