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Election results misinformation, fraud claims threaten to distort Americans' views of the democratic process

November 04, 2020

California Retains Cash Bail, Rejects Punishment Rollbacks

November 04, 2020

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Drawings aim to get out the vote

October 30, 2020

A lie sent her to prison for 6 years. Her daughter never stopped fighting, and now she’s free.

October 29, 2020

New assistant faculty in Social Ecology

Meet the new faculty

October 12, 2020

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Increasing voter registration and voting through text messaging

October 12, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

October 12, 2020

Christopher Contreras, left, and Narae Lee

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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