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The Man With the Stolen Name
Life Inside May 10
When Your Dad Gets Locked Up—And Then Deported
“It started to sink in that I wouldn’t really get a childhood.”
By Kevin, as told to Maurice Chammah
The California Experiment May 10
Whose Fault is Michael Christopher Mejia?
A cop killing in California fuels a reform backlash.
By Abbie VanSickle and Richard Winton
Feature May 8
The Connecticut Experiment
Young brains are still evolving. One prison is trying to take advantage of that.
By Maurice Chammah
Case in Point May 6
A Murder Case Unravels
Prosecutors stacked the deck. Forty-one years later, that may be enough to free Johnny Gates.
By Andrew Cohen
News May 5
Fake Innocence
A lawyer’s scheme to stage a phony exoneration and cash in.
By Joseph Neff
Life Inside May 3
Want to Escape a Criminal Past? Move to Alaska (Like I Did)
After I left prison, nobody would hire me. So I threw a dart at a map.
By J.T. Perkins Iii as told to Maurice Chammah
News May 3
The Legacy of a Lynching
A memorial, a pilgrimage, a reconciliation.
By Robin Washington

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