U.S. prisons

As President Barack Obama pardons 17 convicts, the story of one emerges. An Na Peng faced deportation—her crime was helping immigrants cheat to pass a naturalization test.

California passed a bill Sunday that will give a second chance to those sentenced as youth to life without parole.

A large number of American citizens are barred from voting due to a felony conviction, according to a new academic study by the Sentencing Project, a nonprofit advocacy organization on criminal justice issues.