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This investigation examines how Boulder County Jail has effectively become a substitute for the mental health system in Colorado. The story

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Author Colin Asher discusses his new book 'The Midnight Special: A Secret Prison History Of American Music', which traces how the American p

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The Louisiana Supreme Court unanimously overturned the 1998 murder conviction of Jimmie "Chris" Duncan, who had been on death row for killin

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The Louisiana Supreme Court unanimously freed Jimmie "Chris" Duncan, overturning his 1998 first-degree murder conviction for the death of hi