A dozen people were killed after gunmen opened fire at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical publication that has been targeted before.
Most of the people who commit crimes which could send them to prison do not go, says Mr. Jackson, a Brooklynborn Junior Fellow at Harvard, who is studying imerican folklore and penology. For two years he has been visiting prisons to interview inmates and law enforcement officials.
Reynaldo Bignone is already serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity.
The 149 people freed last year had, on average, spent 14½ years in prison, a new report says.
The former Israeli prime minister, who was convicted in a bribery scandal, will spend 18 months—instead of six years—in prison.
A mock prison facility in South Korea has been locking up paying “inmates” for brief stays in simple cells since 2013.
Fang Fang’s newly translated novel uncovers the brutal, buried history of land reform in China.
The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East offer Americans a glimpse into the battles of the future—and a warning.
The kind of freedom that Mavis Gallant’s characters seek can still be out of reach.