81 Federal Prisoners Have Died While Waiting for the Government to Decide If They Were Sick Enough to Go Home
The Justice Department has finally shared data from the "compassionate release" program, and the numbers aren't pretty.
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Vatican Official Says China, Which Persecutes Christians and Murders Dissidents, Is the Country 'Best Implementing the Social Doctrine of the Church'
An Argentinian bishop in Rome may not be the best authority on Chinese politics.
Federal Agencies May Be Regularly Hiding Surveillance Methods in Criminal Cases
"This use of secret evidence may be occurring regularly in cases throughout the country."
U.S. Looking to Escalate War in Yemen?
U.S. destroyer launches missiles at Yemen radar sites after missiles from Yemen miss destroyer.
Someone Is Arrested Every 25 Seconds for Drug Possession in the U.S.
A new report by Human Rights Watch and ACLU calls for the full decriminalization of drugs, citing the drug war's "staggering human rights toll."
Civil Rights Orgs Press Justice Department to Enforce Data Collection on Police Shootings
Nearly 100 civil rights groups say the Justice Department needs to withhold grants from police departments that refuse to fork over data.
NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden Suggests that Obama Pardon Him
It's a good idea and the right thing to do.
Reckless, Deadly Strike on Doctors Without Borders Hospital Not a War Crime, Pentagon Says
Sixteen people have been disciplined, but will not face charges.
Killer Robots: Protectors of Human Rights?
Why a ban on the development of lethal autonomous weapons now is premature.
How Non-Citizens Are Imprisoned and Exiled for Minor Drug Crimes
The immigration system treats drug offenders with senseless severity.
Our Crazy Treatment of the Mentally Ill
Prison cells have replaced mental institutions.
Killer Robots Should Be Banned, Says Human Rights Watch
Warbots might actually behave more morally than soldiers.
Let Slip the Robots of War
Lethal autonomous weapon systems might be more moral than human soldiers.
Human Rights Watch: 'All of the high-profile domestic terrorism plots of the last decade, with four exceptions, were actually FBI sting operations'
So says a new report from the human rights group.
You, Too, May Be Suing the National Security Agency
Coalition of groups fights mass data collection as a threat to freedom of association
"Shut Up. You Don't Get a Lawyer!": The Defense Authorization Act Guts Civil Liberties
Q and A with Human Rights Watch's Laura Pitter
