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Graduate Students win best paper competition

October 07, 2020

As summer protests cool off, racial justice activists consider ‘how to fight differently’

October 05, 2020

In 1997, Curtis Flowers was sentenced to death for a quadruple murder in Winona, Mississippi. The conviction was reversed and he was ultimately tried a total of six times before the charges were dismissed in 2020 after numerous witnesses recanted their testimony. Photo credit: Rogelio V. Solis/Associated Press

Government misconduct cause of most wrongful convictions

September 30, 2020

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Confronting Inequalities

September 24, 2020

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Community Engagement Committee's Solitary Confinement Book Drive

September 23, 2020

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The pandemic experience in prison

September 09, 2020

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SoCal inequality and segregation on the rise

August 28, 2020

The Pandemic Is Messing With Your Memories

August 18, 2020

Why do Americans think more immigration means more crime?

August 17, 2020

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Distinguished scholar award for distinguished professor

August 09, 2020