Criminal Justice
Accountability in Crime and Law
Despite Outcry Over Seclusion at Juvenile Detention Centers, Tennessee Lawmakers Fail to Pass Oversight Bill
The legislation, sponsored by two prominent Republicans, had backing from the Department of Children’s Services and would have cost the state nothing. Child welfare advocates are baffled as to why it failed.
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The Chief Prosecutor in Elkhart, Indiana, Is Accused of Misconduct for Making Contradictory Allegations
A man serving 55 years has filed a motion to overturn his conviction, arguing that the state prosecuted him for giving a gun to a drive-by shooter even though another man had already pleaded guilty to giving the same gun to the shooter.
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Chinese Organized Crime’s Latest U.S. Target: Gift Cards
Chinese crime rings already dominate the illegal marijuana trade in the U.S. and launder cocaine and heroin profits. Now a federal task force is investigating their role in a burgeoning form of gift card fraud.
A Federal Judge Ruled That ProPublica’s Lawsuit Over Military Court Access Should Move Forward
The U.S. government lost its bid to dismiss part of the lawsuit, which would force the military to comply with a law meant to make the military justice system more transparent.
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Michigan Lawmakers Working to Fix a Program That Failed to Compensate the Wrongfully Convicted
State law provides $50,000 for each year of wrongful imprisonment, but a ProPublica investigation showed how the law’s narrow requirements led to delays, partial settlements and outright denials of payments.
What Happens When Prosecutors Offer Opposing Versions of the Truth?
An unusual recent court decision offered harsh criticism of a behavior that has left dozens of men condemned to death since the 1970s, spotlighting cases where prosecutors offered claims that contradicted what they said elsewhere.
NYPD Will Stop Withholding Body-Camera Footage of Police Shootings From Civilian Investigators
After questions from ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, the New York Police Department pledged to end its practice of not sharing videos in ongoing investigations with the Civilian Complaint Review Board.
Series
Series: Fields of Green : Chinese Mafias and the U.S. Black Market for Marijuana
Series: Black Boxes : How Police Undermined the Promise of Body Cameras
Series: Mayor, Judge and Jury : Louisiana’s Mayor’s Courts
Series: No Defense : How Mississippi Fails Poor Defendants
Series: Unguarded : Investigating Risks to the Incarcerated of Illinois
Series: Asset Mismanagement : How the Police Take Money and Keep It
Series: Defenseless : Investigating the Only State Without Public Defenders
Series: The NYPD Files : Investigating America’s Largest Police Force
Series: Unchecked Power : The Extraordinary Power of Alabama Sheriffs
Series: Lawless : Sexual Violence in Alaska
Series: Locked Down : An Investigation of Mississippi’s Prisons
Series: Overcorrection : Crisis in California Jails
Series: Blood Will Tell : Investigating a Forensic Science
Series: Accused in Elkhart : Justice in an Indiana County
Series: A Sick System : Repeat Attacks After Pleading Insanity
Series: Stuck Kids : Illinois Children Languish in Psychiatric Hospitals
Series: Police Accountability in Chicago : Monitoring the Chicago Police Department
Series: Ignoring Innocence : The Wrongfully Convicted Forced Into Plea Deals
Series: Busted : Examining Chemical Field Tests
Series: Nuisance Abatement : The NYPD’s Aggressive Enforcement of a Little-known Law
Series: Unbelievable : The Cost of Not Believing Rape Victims
Series: Out of Order : When Prosecutors Cross the Line
Series: Post Mortem : Death Investigation in America
