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"My son is with me once more. I'm so grateful, thank you, thank you, God, thank you," Ydalys Chirinos-Polanco shared with HuffPost

The arrests might amount to "false imprisonment," U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams cautioned

A recent hearing uncovered that prosecutors didn't disclose important details about incentives provided to two witnesses during the trial

In recent years, kids stayed in Office of Refugee Resettlement shelters for about a month. By April, that had climbed to 217 days, with many kids stranded indefinitely.

The Trump administration’s longshot campaign to bring state death sentences against people who will already die in prison “purely political,” one expert said.

Twenty-year-old Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez was detained in a Florida jail even after his mother presented his birth certificate in court.

At least 12 incarcerated people died during the three-week strike.

The Protector app necessitates that users absolve the company of any responsibility for the conduct of armed guards they hire via the platform

David Wood, who was scheduled to be executed in Texas on Thursday, has maintained for decades that he is not the so-called "Desert Killer."

"This could mean life or death and she has not received a death penalty as her sentence," one of the women's family members wrote.

U.S. District Court Judge George O'Toole's ruling prevents part of President Donald Trump's "two sexes" executive order from going into immediate effect.

The directive issued by the newly sworn-in president fulfills an essential component of Project 2025's conservative agenda for his administration

In an unprecedented decision, the state of Washington transferred Amber Kim to Monroe Correctional Facility in June

Biden is receiving requests from legislators, advocates, individuals sentenced to death, and even some victims' families to employ his clemency authority to clear out federal death row

Criminal justice policy advocates caution against viewing the election results as a referendum against reform.

Proposition 6 aimed to remove the state's exception for involuntary servitude

HuffPost acquired 37 arrest records, most of which indicate police officers apprehending individuals for minor technical breaches of parole

Proposition 6 would permit inmates to refuse work assignments without facing penalties, enabling them to seek educational and rehabilitation options

President Joe Biden has shown no apparent advancement in fulfilling his campaign pledge to work toward abolishing the federal death penalty

Mark Wilson, the subject of a 2022 HuffPost investigation, successfully sued the Oregon prison system twice for retaliation.

The Tulsa County District Attorney's office created a form for individuals making plea agreements that would involve giving up their rights under the Oklahoma Survivors Act

In a surprising decision, the Pardon and Parole Board in Oklahoma suggested that Governor Kevin Stitt change Emmanuel Littlejohn's death penalty to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole

For the first time in over ten years, the Democratic Party's platform does not talk about eliminating the death penalty

Amber Kim, the subject of a 2023 HuffPost story, spent three and a half years at the Washington Corrections Center for Women before she was forcibly removed last week.

Gonzales “does not pose a threat of future danger to society,” psychiatrist Edward Gripon wrote after his 2022 reevaluation.