U.S. prisons

As President Barack Obama pardons 17 convicts, the story of one emerges. An Na Peng faced deportation—her crime was helping immigrants cheat to pass a naturalization test.

California passed a bill Sunday that will give a second chance to those sentenced as youth to life without parole.

A large number of American citizens are barred from voting due to a felony conviction, according to a new academic study by the Sentencing Project, a nonprofit advocacy organization on criminal justice issues.

As President Barack Obama pardons 17 convicts, the story of one emerges. An Na Peng faced deportation—her crime was helping immigrants cheat to pass a naturalization test.

California passed a bill Sunday that will give a second chance to those sentenced as youth to life without parole.

A large number of American citizens are barred from voting due to a felony conviction, according to a new academic study by the Sentencing Project, a nonprofit advocacy organization on criminal justice issues.