Criminal Justice Archives

Accountability

How a 7-Year Prison Sentence Turns Into Over 100

by Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Steven Rascón, Kathryn Styer Martínez, Brett Meyers, Taki Telonidis and Al Letson February 18, 2023March 3, 2023

Anthony Gay was sentenced to seven years in prison on a parole violation. He ended up with 97 years added to his sentence. How did that happen?

Prisons

How a 7-Year Prison Sentence Turns Into Over 100

by Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Jess Alvarenga, Steven Rascón, Kathryn Styer Martínez and Kevin Sullivan April 30, 2022May 12, 2022

Anthony Gay was sentenced to seven years of prison on a parole violation, but ended up with 97 years added to his sentence. How does that happen?

Myon Burrell stares into the camera, pulling his mask down to reveal his face.

Prisons

The Jail Tapes in the Dumpster

by Amy Mostafa, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Brett Simpson, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson August 28, 2021September 20, 2021

A murder conviction sent Myon Burrell to prison for life when he was a teenager. An investigative reporter dug into what seemed a hopeless case. What she found helped free him.

The road on the mural diverges and Danny and Marie are walking and driving down different paths. Narration: Suddenly, their lives began to look drastically different.

Accountability

Since when is being a teenager a crime?

by Eda Uzunlar August 7, 2021August 7, 2021

A comic explores two diverging paths of juvenile justice in Wyoming and South Dakota.

Accountability, Criminal Justice

Pardon me, President Trump

by Michael I Schiller and David Ritsher December 26, 2020June 30, 2021

Boxer Charles “Duke” Tanner, among the few to receive clemency from President Donald Trump, returns to his hometown after spending 16 years in prison.

An illustration shows a president's hand pulling a person out of a prison cell.

Accountability, Criminal Justice

All the president’s pardons

by Michael I Schiller, Anna Hamilton, Taki Telonidis, Melissa Lewis, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Katherine Rae Mondo, Najib Aminy and Amy Mostafa December 12, 2020July 1, 2021

Under President Donald Trump, the pardon system has completely broken down.

Accountability

Bound by Statute

by Ko Bragg and Melissa Lewis November 14, 2019June 30, 2021

The actions of police, prosecutors and judges in Mississippi ultimately end the childhood of black kids far more often – and with far greater severity.