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Should close relatives of criminals be DNA profiled or is it a violation of civil liberties? Will kinship analysis aid the criminal justice system or abuse human rights?

New technology and DNA have revealed the innocence of many inmates. But what happens when more than a decade of your life was stolen and you are left with nothing?

Activists are promoting a new book by death-row inmate, Mumia Abu-Jamal. Abu-Jamal was convicted of killing a Philadelphia policeman. Activists continue to rally for him.

John Grisham, best known for his legal dramas, takes a rather self-indulgent side trip in this light tale of a has-been quarterback who finds his life in Italy.

Statistics are shocking showing the large discrepancies of race in the United States prison population. This is an obvious case of racial discrimination.

Brief biography of French writer Anatole France, best known for prose elegance, and ironical and sympathetic portrayal of characters.

Prolific courtroom crime novelist, John Grisham, makes his first foray into non-fiction with his latest release, "An Innocent Man."

The analysis of hair left behind at a crime scene has put many a bad guy behind bars; some of those "bad guys" weren't bad guys at all.

Who says there is no free lunch? There is at taxpayer expense for those able to lobby the government for benefits to operate golf courses, airlines, utilities and more.

Early 20th-century French novelist Marcel Proust composed Remembrance of Things Past, a seven-volume novel that changed the history of European Literature.

Kable stars in the computer game Slayers, he had got through 27 games and if he makes it through another 3 he wins, but the games' creator won't let him escape alive

Robin Hood by way of Batman, Green Arrow toiled for years in relative obscurity in the comics. He got little screen time until the 21st Century. Today he's mainstream.

On March 11th a notable group convened at the entrance of the 177 year old fortress of Eastern State Penitentiary that once housed gangster Al Capone.

He was a hard-living man with a bad temper and a 12 string guitar, but he shaped the music of the 20th century. Meet Leadbelly, "King of the 12-string Guitar."

This list comprises perhaps the 10 best films about 'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland.