Police lineups are suspect

Police lineups need to be reformed, but experts can't agree on how.
Christian Science Monitor

Illinois may get its death back

Now that Governor Ryan is gone, some state leaders want to reinstate capital punishment.
TIME

Meth prisons

"As the methamphetamine epidemic continues to ravage the country, some states are responding with a new innovation: 'meth prisons' dedicated exclusively to inmates addicted to the drug."
MSNBC/Newsweek

Frontline: The New Asylums

Nearly 500,000 mentally ill people are serving time in jails and prisons. Says an Ohio corrections official, "We are the gatekeepers of a lot of persons who are mentally ill, and that's not something we relish."
PBS Frontline

Gumshoe

UK law enforcement is working on a computer system to make shoeprints as identifiable as fingerprints and DNA.
BBC

Boot polish

Florida is replacing its juvenile boot camps with "star academies" that will emphasize counseling.
MiamiHerald.com