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Criminal Justice

Crime and punishment, from the street to the courtroom and prisons

Posted inAccountability, Criminal Justice

The secret list of convicted cops

by Deborah George, Stan Alcorn, Mwende Hinojosa, Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Najib Aminy, Claire Mullen and Amy Mostafa November 9, 2019June 30, 2021

When cops misbehave, why does it stay secret? We hear from a reporter threatened with prosecution and interview a U.S. police association leader.

A photo collage of a confederate flag and a KKK member
Posted inAccountability, Criminal Justice

The lynching of Thomas Finch

by Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Mwende Hinojosa, Al Letson, Deborah George, Michael Montgomery, Amy Mostafa and Anayansi Diaz-Cortes October 26, 2019June 30, 2021

In 1936, a black man was killed by an Atlanta policeman who became a KKK leader. We explore why the city doesn’t recognize the case as a lynching.

Posted inAccountability, Criminal Justice, Inequality

America’s drug war, revealed

Fernanda Camarena by Kevin Sullivan, Fernanda Camarena, Najib Aminy, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Al Letson and Kaitlin Benz September 21, 2019June 30, 2021

How a baggie of crack cocaine packed with fear, distortion and misconceptions and one presidential address in the 1980s helped shape the war on drugs.

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Posted inCriminal Justice

The mystery of Mountain Jane Doe

by Michael I Schiller, Taki Telonidis, Jim Briggs and Claire Mullen January 26, 2019June 30, 2021

Investigators dig up an unidentified murder victim, decades after she was buried, in an attempt to give her back her name.

Posted inAccountability, Criminal Justice

10 years or life

by Laura Starecheski, Mwende Hinojosa, Fernando Arruda and Jim Briggs October 6, 2018June 30, 2021

An accused man faces an impossible choice in New Orleans. Plus, a new district attorney in Philadelphia sets out to undo the work of those who came be

Posted inAccountability, Criminal Justice

The victims who don’t count

by Alysia Santo September 13, 2018June 30, 2021

Seven states won’t give victim aid to people with criminal histories. The policies fall hardest on black families.

Posted inBorder Patrol, Criminal Justice, Immigration, Kids on the Line, Law Enforcement, National Security, The Trump Era

Immigration numbers illustrate lives affected by Trump-era policies

by Vanessa Swales June 6, 2018November 29, 2018

Key numbers show how policy changes have touched people of all ages, some just arriving, others who have lived in the U.S. for most of their lives.

Posted inBorder Patrol, Criminal Justice, Immigration, The Trump Era

Staff describe Georgia immigrant detention center as ‘ticking bomb’

by Elly Yu June 5, 2018November 29, 2018

Stewart Detention Center, where two immigrants died, had no psychiatrist and dangerously low staffing levels, internal records show.

Posted inAccountability, Criminal Justice

California Conservation Corps ignored warning signs before fatal van crash

by Myron Levin May 23, 2018June 30, 2021

Facts and circumstances never disclosed until now tell a complicated story about the agency’s role in a collision that killed three corps members.

Posted inCriminal Justice, Guns and Society

Austin stops selling police guns after Texas Standard/Reveal investigation

by Alain Stephens May 11, 2018May 11, 2018

City officials said they were worried that guns sold to the public would end up in the hands of criminals.

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