A.C. Thompson

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A.C. Thompson is a staff reporter with ProPublica. His stories, which often examine the criminal justice system, have helped lead to the exoneration of two innocent San Francisco men sentenced to life in prison and the prosecution of seven New Orleans police officers. In addition to working as a print and web journalist, Thompson has reported extensively for television, serving as a producer and correspondent for the PBS documentary series Frontline. His life was fictionalized on the HBO show “Treme.”

The Hardest Cases: When Children Die, Justice Can Be Elusive

A joint investigation by ProPublica, PBS "Frontline" and NPR looks into nearly two dozen cases in which people were accused of killing children based on flawed forensic opinions and then later cleared.

The Child Cases

Judge Orders New Trial in New Orleans Police Case

Judge Hands Out Tough Sentences in Post-Katrina Killing by Police

Feds Find ‘Systemic Violations of Civil Rights’ by New Orleans Police Department

The Real 'CSI': How America’s Patchwork System of Death Investigations Puts the Living at Risk

An investigation by ProPublica, PBS "Frontline" and NPR looks at the nation's 2,300 coroner and medical examiner offices and finds a troubled system that literally buries its mistakes.

In Wake of Glover Verdicts, What's Next for New Orleans’ Troubled Police Force?

Jury Convicts Three, Acquits Two in Post-Katrina Police Shooting

Some of the Complaints Levied Against Lt. Dwayne Scheuermann

No Discipline for New Orleans Cop in 15 Shooting Incidents, 50 Complaints

In New Orleans, New Evidence of a Beating by Police

Man Indicted for Alleged Racial Attack in Post-Katrina New Orleans

A former New Orleans resident was charged with federal hate crimes for his alleged role in a racially motivated shooting of three black men in the days after Hurricane Katrina.

Feds Charge Man as New Orleans Inquiry Turns to Vigilante Violence

The federal investigation into what occurred in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina entered a new phase with civil rights charges against Roland J. Bourgeois Jr., a white man who prosecutors said opened fire on a trio of African-American males.

Six More Charged in New Orleans Danziger Bridge Shootings

The Killing of Henry Glover: Who Else Knew?

Big Changes at New Orleans Police Department

New Clues Emerge in Post-Katrina Vigilante Shooting at Algiers Point

In the days after Hurricane Katrina, somebody shot Donnell Herrington in the Algiers Point neighborhood. More than four years later, a man from a neighborhood militia is being implicated in the shooting, which the victim says was racially motivated.

Ex-Cop Michael Hunter Pleads Guilty in Danziger Shooting

Fourth Person Indicted in Danziger Bridge Shootings

Third Cop Indicted in New Orleans Bridge Shooting Case

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