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It's been 20 years to the day since the federal government began its siege of the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas. What really happened?
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In Crackdown on MS-13, a New Detention Policy Raises Alarms
An agency once primarily tasked with aiding refugees and asylum seekers has quietly become a potent and controversial tool in the Trump administration's fight against MS-13 and its approach to undocumented immigrants.
February 18, 2018
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The Gang Crackdown
FRONTLINE investigates how a slew of killings on Long Island linked to MS-13 led to a crackdown that has swept up immigrant teens.
February 13, 2018
Watch: How a Crackdown on MS-13 Swept Up Immigrant Teens
Meet two teens accused of gang affiliation in a scene from the FRONTLINE documentary, "The Gang Crackdown."
February 12, 2018
“Living With Murder”: An Update on Kempis Songster's Case
After 30 years in prison, “juvenile lifer” Kempis Songster -- whose case was at the heart of The FRONTLINE Dispatch's "Living With Murder" series -- has been granted parole.
December 1, 2017
Living With Murder: Part Two
We continue to follow the story of Kempis Songster and the Supreme Court rulings that found his sentence, and thousands of others, to be unconstitutional.
November 22, 2017
Living With Murder: Part One
At 15, after committing a brutal murder, Kempis Songster is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. But now, decades later, he has a chance to be free.
November 16, 2017
A Life Sentence
The story of a violent crime committed by a juvenile lifer whose second chance went horribly wrong.
November 9, 2017
Jury Returns No Convictions for Four Men in Bunkerville Standoff Case
A jury has dealt another blow to the case against participants in a 2014 armed uprising against federal agents in Bunkerville, Nevada.
August 24, 2017
Opioid Users Are Filling Jails. Why Don't Jails Treat Them?
Getting methadone in jail gave a Connecticut heroin user a firmer foothold in recovery. But less than 1 percent of jails and prisons allow it.
August 4, 2017
Why Governor Dannel Malloy Wants Connecticut to be a "Second Chance Society"
Dannel Malloy says he inherited a criminal justice system that no one today would choose to build from scratch. "We would not create this system again," he says. "No one would sit around in a room and say that we should have a system that is as punitive and as hopeless about the ability of people to turn themselves around."
July 18, 2017
What Happens When You're on Parole and Fail a Drug Test?
Not necessarily what you might think. Watch an excerpt from the new documentary, "Life on Parole."
July 18, 2017