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Young people dance shining their cellphone flashlights in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia Navalnaya near Red Square in Moscow on Sunday.

Alexei Navalny Supporters Gather For Valentine's Day Vigils

After weeks of protests and crackdowns, allies of the opposition figure Alexei Navalny urged Russians to hold up their phones outside for spans of 15 minutes.

In this Feb. 20, 2014, file photo, inmates wait to enter their assigned cell block after arriving at the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy, Calif.

California Panel Calls For Overhaul Of Sentencing Laws

California should allow all but death row inmates and those serving life-without-parole to request lighter sentences after serving at least 15 years as part of a dramatic overhaul of the state’s sentencing laws.

Opinion: Alexei Navalny Fights For Freedom Of Expression In Putin's Russia

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the sentencing this week of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The Putin critic was poisoned last year, recovered in Germany, then arrested for violating parole.

Opinion: Alexei Navalny Fights For Freedom Of Expression In Putin's Russia

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the sentencing this week of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The Putin critic was poisoned last year, recovered in Germany, then arrested for violating parole.

Prison guards stand outside the entrance to the Greensville Correctional Center where executions are carried out, in Jarratt, Va., on Sept. 23, 2010. This week, lawmakers in Virginia voted to abolished the death penalty.

Lawmakers In Virginia Vote To Abolish The Death Penalty

Lawmakers in the Democratic-majority Virginia legislature voted to end the death penalty citing its high cost, the possibility of executing the innocent and its disproportionate racial impact.

The Polish Consulate in St. Petersburg, Russia, is pictured in 2015. Russia said on Friday it had expelled diplomats from Poland, Germany and Sweden over their alleged participation in a pro-Navalny demonstration.

Russia Expels Diplomats From 3 Countries, Saying They Attended Pro-Navalny Protests

Russia's Foreign Ministry says it is expelling diplomats from Sweden, Poland and Germany, alleging they participated in illegal Jan. 23 protests.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appears in the Moscow City Court in Moscow on Tuesday.

Kremlin Critic Navalny Sent To Prison On Old Conviction

Alexei Navalny was arrested when he returned to Russia after recovering from poisoning, which he blames on Russia's president. He says the accusations against him are politically motivated.

Kremlin Critic Navalny Faces Court Hearing, Could See 3.5 Years In Prison

Alexei Navalny was arrested when he returned to Russia after recovering from poisoning, which he blames on Russia's president. He says the accusations against him are politically motivated.

Justin Brooks, project director of the California Innocence Project, in Berkeley ahead of a 100-mile march to Sacramento on September 30, 2018.

California Innocence Project Frees Another Client

After 29 years in prison for murdering her three children in a Los Angeles County house fire, JoAnn Parks was granted clemency and paroled. Her attorneys from the California Innocence project continue the fight to exonerate her.

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny is escorted out of a police station in Khimki, outside Moscow, following the court ruling that ordered him jailed for 30 days.

After Arrest, Kremlin Critic Navalny Calls On Supporters To 'Take To The Streets'

Alexei Navalny was arrested Sunday after arriving back in Russia from Germany, where he had been recovering from nerve agent poisoning. A judge ordered that he remain in custody for 30 days.

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