Criminal Justice

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Obama is on pace to become the first president since Carter to leave the White House with a smaller federal prison population than when he took office.

Just five states – Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Missouri and Texas – accounted for all 20 executions in the U.S. in 2016.

There were 91 reported aggravated or simple assaults motivated by anti-Muslim bias in 2015, just two shy of the 93 reported in 2001.

Despite double-digit decreases in U.S. violent and property crime rates since 2008, most voters say crime has gotten worse during that span.

Blacks and whites in the U.S. disagree over police performance and differ on the causes of fatal encounters between blacks and police.

The public sees a number of contributing factors for the outbreak of violence and unrest in Baltimore last week, and most say it was the right decision to charge some Baltimore police officers in the death of Freddie Gray.

Race and community relations have become the focal point of tension in a series of incidents over the past year.

The share of wage and salary workers in the U.S. who belong to labor unions has fallen by about half since 1983. Americans express mixed views on the impact this long-term decline has had on the country.

While most Americans continue to favor the death penalty for murder convictions, far fewer people are receiving death sentences than in years past.