Actual Innocence
Since 1989, more than 1,550 prisoners have been exonerated, more than 100 of them from Death Row. Last year saw a record number of people freed, cleared—and then what?
Vol. 47, Issue 3 ‣
Where the sun doesn’t shine
The Freedom of Information Act is America’s first and only law that requires federal officials to respond in a systematic way to citizens’ requests for records. But transparency advocates say FOIA is broken with all the loopholes that hinder access to information, and is in desperate need of reform.
