The Obstacle Course

The country’s largest state university system says it doesn’t discriminate against former prison inmates. Applicants say otherwise. Read the whole story at The Marshall Project

Charming and Erratic, a Notorious Afghan Speaks

JALALABAD, Afghanistan — One of Afghanistan’s most notorious serial killers lives in a dank prison cell in Jalalabad, sharing bunk beds, meals and blankets with fellow inmates. But the guards…

How North Korean defector’s story unraveled

Shortly after escaping from North Korea, Shin Dong-hyuk formulated what he called a “sanitized” version of the his life, which he repeated for almost 10 years and subsequently became a…

Amanda Knox engaged, source says

Knox, along with ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, was first convicted in Italy in Meredith Kercher’s death in 2009. After spending four years in an Italian prison, she was released and had…