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The New York Times On the morning of Nov. 20 last year, Tyrone Tomlin sat in the cage of one of the Brooklyn criminal courthouse’s interview rooms, a bare white cinder-block cell about the size of an office cubicle. Hardly visible through the heavy...

Pearl Gabel The de Blasio administration plan would help defendants facing bails that are too high for them to pay, but perhaps too low for a commercial bail agent to supply. In a move heralded as a reform to the city's criminal justice system, Mayor...

In the American criminal justice system, you have the right to an attorney. And if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you. That's not the case if you're a defendant in U.S. immigration court. Immigration proceedings are civil matters...

Since 2009, the Arkansas Times has solicited suggestions from readers and a variety of experts on how to make Arkansas a better place to live. 2012 Give art jobs to teen-agers By Leslie Newell Peacock John Gaudin has so many ideas for North Little...

FROM NYN MEDIA: FEEDBACK FRIDAY POLL: Last week we asked whether you agreed with Mayor de Blasio’s implication that there is no racial bias in New York City’s child welfare system because the racial makeup of the staff closely resembles the racial makeup...