Culture and Society

The high court ruled that a state-law robbery counts towards triggering the mandatory 15-year sentence enhancement under the “three strikes” provision in the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA).

Correctional officer absenteeism has at least doubled since the shutdown began, resulting in more frequent double shifts or persons in other jobs filling in for correctional officers.

Jeff Harmer, who plays the role of Arthur Birling, explained the challenges of working on 'An Inspector Calls.' The tour kicks off its next leg in Los Angeles on January 22.

In a delightful conversation spanning nearly two hours, celebrated actor Sir Derek Jacobi told stories about his life and career.

The specter of his wife's advancing Alzheimer's disease throw Johnny (Gordon Clapp) and his family into a dizzying whirlpool of anxiety as family secrets threaten to bubble to the surface.

Davontae Sanford spent years in prison for a crime he was found to never have committed. Under a new Detroit law making wrongly convicted inmates eligible for $50,000 compensation per year of incarceration, Sanford’s new lawyers obtained a $408,000 award for him.

Sir Derek Jacobi explains why he majored in history at Cambridge and how he tackles making audiobooks. Richard Clifford joins in as I ask both men to rank each other's Top Three works.

A paroled offender’s sentence doesn't always end upon release from prison. Back-end sentencing – re-incarceration for violating parole – is all too common.

The First Step Act shows that laws change, even though sometimes those changes take years, decades, or even centuries.

An interview with Gretchen Anderson, coauthor with Jon Katzenbach and James Thomas of 'The Critical Few: Energize Your Company's Culture by Choosing What Really Matters.'