70 years after police abandoned the third-degree interrogation, false confessions continue to mar US justice
More than two decades after the civil war, former soliders are on trial for having used rape and murder as tools of war
Byzantine penal codes make sentencing an esoteric science and leave inmates with little recourse
Many areas struggling with decline of coal industry count on correction projects to increase employment
With high rates of alcoholism and drug abuse, communities try to address profound social ills
Family of Native American man want answers after fatal confrontation with local law enforcement
Jason Dalton, 45, faces 16 charges, including six of murder, which can bring up to life in prison
Police are still trying to figure out what was behind a mass shooting and believe the victims were picked at random
More than one million women in the US are serving time in prison; more than half leave children behind
