Good to Know: The public is a thermostat
Why there is a never-ending cycle of governments doing something and the public wanting the opposite.
Thousands of prisoners have died of covid-19. Because of the ‘tough on crime’ era, there’s worse to come.
“Three strikes” laws and life without parole mean inmates are aging in prison — long after they’re a threat to society.
Virginia may abolish the death penalty. There’s a racist history behind why a few jurisdictions use it most.
A death penalty opponent demonstrates outside the U.S. Penitentiary in
What data on 20 million traffic stops can tell us about ‘driving while black’
Editors' note: In this archival post, Good Authority publisher John Sides
A few counties are responsible for the vast majority of executions. This explains why.
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There’s been a big change in how the news media covers sexual assault
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Arkansas plans to execute 7 men in 11 days. They’re likely to botch one.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/lawyer-decries-7-executions--in-arkansas-as-killing-spree/2017/04/14/9f097480-2072-11e7-bb59-a74ccaf1d02f_video.html On April 17, Arkansas is scheduled to execute seven men
Does the death penalty target people who are mentally ill? We checked.
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U.S. executions and death sentences dropped dramatically in 2016 — except in a few hotspots
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