The Disparity Between Manafort's Sentence And Other Crime Sentences NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Scott Hechinger, defense attorney and justice reform advocate, about the disparity between Paul Manafort's sentence and some longer sentences given for lesser crimes.
Former Federal Prosecutor Explains Why Manafort's 47-Month Sentence Shocked Her NPR's Audie Cornish talks with former federal prosecutor Barbara McQuade about why she was surprised by Paul Manafort's relatively light sentence and about federal sentencing guidelines.
#MeToo Awareness Sharpens Focus On Pay Equity After #MeToo, many employment attorneys say they've seen the number of pay-disparity cases spike, and employers are having to adapt by conducting investigations and pay audits. Yuki Noguchi
U.S. Women's Soccer Team Sues U.S. Soccer For Gender Discrimination The lawsuit argues that U.S. Soccer has a policy of paying the women's team less than the men's. "We deserved to be paid equally for our work, regardless of our gender," says player Alex Morgan. Laurel Wamsley
Asylum-Seekers Can Appeal Fast-Track Deportations, Court Rules A 1996 law limited the ability of immigrants to appeal asylum officers' decisions of whether they truly fear persecution in their home country. An appeals court says those limits are unconstitutional. Matthew S. Schwartz
Manafort Sentenced On Thursday To 47 Months In Prison President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced in a Virginia court Thursday to 47 months in prison for his financial crimes. He faces another sentencing next week in D.C. Ryan Lucas
'Today We Have Justice' — Florida Police Officer Convicted In 2015 Shooting For the first time in 30 years, an on-duty police officer in Florida has been convicted in a shooting death. In October 2015, Nouman Raja shot and killed a black motorist, Corey Jones. Greg Allen
The Charges Against Paul Manafort Paul Manafort faced sentencing Thursday for bank and tax fraud charges. The same judge in charge of his trial last summer, Judge T.S. Ellis III, presided over his sentencing hearing. Philip Ewing
Pipeline Safety Act Deters New Safety Regulations On Natural Gas Pipelines A quirk in the Pipeline Safety Act makes it hard to toughen safety regulations on natural gas pipelines to avoid deadly explosions. The act is up for renewal this year. Craig LeMoult
The Intersection Between Paul Manafort's Sentencing And Mueller's Investigation NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Peter Zeidenberg, a former federal prosecutor, about how Paul Manafort's sentencing fits into the broader Russia probe.