By Fonda Shen “Eliminate the death penalty. Over 160 individuals who’ve been sentenced to death in this country since 1973 have later been exonerated. Because we cannot ensure we get death penalty cases right every time, Biden will work to… Continue Reading
Thirteen human beings were executed by former-President Donald Trump and the United States Department of Justice over the past six months, between July 14, 2020 and January 16, 2021. These are some of the final words of the men and… Continue Reading
U.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat proudly represents New York’s Thirteenth Congressional District. Representative Espaillat is the first Dominican American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and his congressional district includes Harlem, East Harlem, West Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights,… Continue Reading
Liliana Segura is an award-winning investigative journalist covering the U.S. criminal justice system, with a longtime focus on harsh sentencing, the death penalty, and wrongful convictions. She was previously an associate editor and contributor to the Nation, where she earned a 2014… Continue Reading
By Federico Testa How are the emergence of modern forms of power and forms of economic production and exploitation connected? As Foucault will explain in the Punitive Society, the existence of a punitive logic – not spatially restricted to prisons… Continue Reading