For decades, California’s Emerald Triangle has provided cover for the nation’s largest marijuana-growing industry. But its forests also hide secrets,
Criminal Justice
Crime and punishment, from the street to the courtroom and prisons
Beheading case shifts to cartel ties of Border Patrol agent’s brother
Prosecutors are compiling a growing dossier on Eduardo Luna, identified as an alleged former member of the powerful Gulf Cartel.
Indicted Border Patrol agent’s brother strikes deal
The brother of a U.S. Border Patrol agent charged with capital murder in an alleged Mexican drug cartel hit struck a surprise deal last week to help prosecutors build their case against his siblings.
Sick on the inside: What the Bureau of Prisons knew
The U.S. Department of Justice says it will eventually end its use of private prisons. In light of this news, we’re revisiting an hour of Reveal that investigates medical negligence in private prisons for immigrants and the shift in immigration enforcement that gave rise to them in the first place.
Legislature approves transparency for California gang database
California is one step away from allowing hundreds of thousands of residents to find out if they are listed in the state’s gang database and to appeal for removal.
How the bail system can penalize the poor
Defendants who can’t make bail are more likely to be convicted and less likely to receive favorable plea deals.
Bad plea deals are no bargain: A serialized Instagram investigation
Rodney Roberts copped a bad plea deal. Follow his story step by step on Instagram.
Justice Department to end all federal private prisons
In a historic rebuke of the private prison industry, the U.S. Department of Justice today announced plans to eliminate the use of private prisons to incarcerate federal inmates.
Feds will shut down troubled private prison in Nation investigation
The Bureau of Prisons has notified one of the country’s leading private prison companies, Corrections Corporation of America, that a troubled federal prison the company operated for 16 years will be closed down.
Dropped and dismissed: Child sex abuse lost in the system
A reporter’s inside account of the arduous process of seeking justice in her own childhood sexual abuse case exposes discrepancies in prosecutors’ responses and spotlights a lack of accountability.