New revelations cast doubt on the official story that Billey Joe Johnson accidentally killed himself.

D. Victoria Baranetsky
General Counsel
Victoria Baranetsky is general counsel at The Center for Investigative Reporting, where she counsels reporters on newsgathering, libel, privacy, subpoenas, and other newsroom matters. Prior to CIR, Victoria worked at The New York Times, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and the Wikimedia Foundation. She also clerked on the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Baranetsky holds degrees from Columbia Journalism School, Harvard Law School, and Oxford University. Currently, she teaches at Berkeley Law School as an adjunct professor and is a fellow at Columbia's Tow Center. She is barred in California, New York and New Jersey.
Mississippi Goddam Chapter 6: Mississippi Justice
There have long been concerns about the quality of investigations into suspicious deaths of young Black men in the state, especially when police are involved.
It’s Not Easy Going Green
There’s a way to “fight” climate change that’s cheap, popular and completely ineffective.
They Followed Doctors’ Orders. The State Took Their Babies.
Medications like Suboxone help pregnant women safely treat addiction. But in many states, taking them can trigger investigations by child welfare agencies that separate mothers from their newborns.
The Battle for Clean Energy in Coal Country
Across the country, states are moving to renewable energy – but Montana is doubling down on fossil fuels.
Drilling Down on Fossil Fuels and Climate Change
The U.S. has promised to move away from fossil fuels, but the natural gas industry is booming.
International Charity Planet Aid Pays $1.925 Million to Settle Six-Year Libel Lawsuit
This is the largest-ever settlement of a fees dispute under California’s anti-SLAPP statute.
Federal judge dismisses Planet Aid’s lawsuit against Reveal
The case exemplifies a troublesome legal trend: deep-pocketed interests seeking to silence journalists with meritless, expensive defamation suits.
Harpooned by Facebook
As the pandemic sends more people online for entertainment, we look at how companies such as Facebook turn information about their users into profits.
Harpooned by Facebook
As smart devices become a bigger part of our lives, we look at how Facebook and other companies profit from information about their users.