“if our nation were to return to the rates of incarceration we had in the 1970s, we would have to release four out of five people behind bars.”

http://www.thenation.com/article/160978/michelle-alexander-californias-cruel-and-unusual-prisons

Thirty years of Failure; California's Failed Penal System

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/27/california-prison-legislation_n_868326.html

Not an adult, not a killer--but charged with murder anyway.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/27/brandon-ross-charged-with_n_868289.html

Arizona police kill marine--no warrant; no need.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/25/jose-guerena-arizona-_n_867020.html

Heroin tacos. Yum.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/20/texas-police-deputy-jailed-for-delivery-of-heroin-tacos/

Get out of the way, old man.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/18/eighty-four-year-old-man-allegedly-beaten-by-police-officer-after-calling-911/

I thought I was going to die.

http://www.wpxi.com/news/22311848/detail.html

Thanks, to Brian Kazmin for the tip.

No right to resist unlawful police intrusion in Indiana

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/16/indiana-court-strips-citizens-of-right-to-resist-unlawful-police-entry/

Lompoc false arrest

http://www.santamariatimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_19a4be30-7d2b-11e0-8436-001cc4c03286.html

Slavery, pure and simple

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/09/974443/-Slave-Labor,-Prison-Privatization,-Prison-IndustryALEC-Conservatives-push-this-agenda-nationwide!?via=sidebyuserrec

L.A. County Sheriff's Department encourages 'gang-like activity,' deputies allege in suit - latimes.com

L.A. County Sheriff's Department encourages 'gang-like activity,' deputies allege in suit - latimes.com

Fourth marijuana conviction gets Slidell man life in prison | NOLA.com#incart_hbx#incart_hbx#incart_hbx

Fourth marijuana conviction gets Slidell man life in prison NOLA.com#incart_hbx#incart_hbx#incart_hbx

NY prisoner shot twice in cell with Taser dies

NY prisoner shot twice in cell with Taser dies

Sex Crimes In New Orleans, Separate And Unequal

Sex Crimes In New Orleans, Separate And Unequal

Police officer Patrick Larrison 'takes out drunk teenage girl, 15, in violent attack' | Mail Online

Police officer Patrick Larrison 'takes out drunk teenage girl, 15, in violent attack' Mail Online