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The 1990s Law That Keeps People in Prison on Technicalities

How the Supreme Court expanded the most important law you’ve never heard of.

The Lowdown • 05.26.2022

A Bestselling Author Became Obsessed With Freeing a Man From Prison. It Nearly Ruined Her Life.

After the success of her novel Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen spent years trying to prove a man’s innocence. Now she’s “absolutely broke” and “seriously ill,” and her next book is “years past deadline.”

Feature • 03.24.2021

How I Keep Hope Alive While Serving 150 Years in Prison

In those moments when I feel like a puppet tied up in strings, I draw on my Muslim faith to stay hopeful.

Life Inside • 03.04.2021

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