Friday, May 11, 2007

In Japan, it's confess or else

Japanese law enforcement prefers to build criminal cases on confessions instead of evidence, which human rights groups say leads to convictions of the innocent.
New York Times

Sunday, April 29, 2007

California state prisons to remodel

The state's prisons are filled to nearly twice their capacity. The $7.4 billion bill would add 53,000 beds, with only $50 million set aside for rehabilitation programs.
Christian Science Monitor