Undoing a Life Sentence
A judge resentenced Herbert Rice Jr. on Tuesday, undoing a life sentence the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a decade ago. Rice, a citizen of the Colville Tribes, is one of about 2,500 U.S. prisoners held on life sentences without parole imposed when they were minors.
Read the story
Workers in hardhats and high-visablity vests survey site after train derailment.

THE LATEST

SPECIAL SERIES
Sovereign Justice: Data-Driven Reporting Project

SPECIAL REPORT
Indigenous Survivors: Voices of Resilience

donors

Inasmuch FoundationResolve PhillyThomson Reuters FoundationNative Arts and Cultures Foundation

A full list of our donors can be found here.

news partners

ProPublica