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477 stories published since 2008

Get Out of Jail for a Price: The First Investigation From Our Illinois Reporting Project

by Steve Mills,

Nearly All the Officers in Charge of an Indiana Police Department Have Been Disciplined — Including the Chief Who Keeps Promoting Them

by Ken Armstrong, ProPublica, and Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune,

Who Runs This Police Department? Lots of Officers Who’ve Been Reprimanded or Even Suspended.

by Ken Armstrong, ProPublica, and Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune,

When It Comes to Rape, Just Because a Case Is Cleared Doesn’t Mean It’s Solved

by Bernice Yeung, ProPublica, Mark Greenblatt and Mark Fahey, Newsy, and Emily Harris, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting,

How We Analyzed the Outcomes of Those Freed by Oregon’s Psychiatric Security Review Board

by Jayme Fraser, The Malheur Enterprise, with Decca Muldowney, Gabriel Sandoval and Alex Mierjeski, ProPublica,

Oregon Board Says Those Found Criminally Insane Rarely Commit New Crimes. The Numbers Say Otherwise.

by Jayme Fraser, The Malheur Enterprise, with Decca Muldowney, Gabriel Sandoval and Alex Mierjeski, ProPublica,

What Oregon Officials Knew and When They Knew It

by Jayme Fraser, The Malheur Enterprise,

Oregon Board Says Those Found Criminally Insane Rarely Commit New Crimes. The Numbers Say Otherwise.

by Jayme Fraser, The Malheur Enterprise, with Decca Muldowney, Gabriel Sandoval and Alex Mierjeski, ProPublica,

How We Analyzed the Outcomes of Those Freed by Oregon’s Psychiatric Security Review Board

by Jayme Fraser, The Malheur Enterprise, with Decca Muldowney, Gabriel Sandoval and Alex Mierjeski, ProPublica,

Diversion Programs Say They Offer a Path Away From Court, but Critics Say the Tolls Are Hefty

by Rebecca Burns for ProPublica Illinois,

How a Police Beating in Elkhart, Indiana Unfolded

by Lucas Waldron,

Indiana Police Officer Before Punching Handcuffed Man: “If You Spit Again, We’re Gonna Party”

by Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune, and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica,

Murder Charge Can’t Deter Sharpton’s Brother From Voting Rights Crusade

by Nina Martin,

Two Indiana Police Officers to be Charged After Video Shows Them Beating Handcuffed Man

by Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune, and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica,

Texas Panel Faults Lab Chemist in Bryan Case for “Overstated Findings” and Inadequate DNA Analysis

by Pamela Colloff,

The Child Abuse Contrarian

by David Armstrong,

Los Desaparecidos

por Hannah Dreier,

He Said He Faked Mental Illness to Avoid Prison. Now, Accused in 2 Killings, He’s Sent Back to a State Hospital.

by Jayme Fraser, The Malheur Enterprise,

The Disappeared

by Hannah Dreier,

Blood-Spatter Expert in Joe Bryan Case Says “My Conclusions Were Wrong”

by Pamela Colloff,

How the Trump Administration Went Easy on Small-Town Police Abuses

by Ian MacDougall,

Joe Bryan’s Attorneys Ask For New Trial, Say Murder Conviction Built On Faulty Forensics

by Pamela Colloff,

Bill Proposes Greater Accountability for New York Prosecutors Who Break the Law

by Joaquin Sapien,

When Public Records Aren’t Public

by Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune, and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica,

Standing by Their Convictions

by Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune, and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica,

Influential Texas Commission Says Blood-Spatter Testimony in Joe Bryan’s Murder Case Was “Not Accurate or Scientifically Supported”

by Pamela Colloff,

Like Chicago Police, Cook County and Illinois Officials Track Thousands of People in Gang Databases

by Mick Dumke,

Federal Judge to Consider Independent Monitor for Illinois Child Welfare Agency

by Duaa Eldeib,

Oregon Court System Shields Evaluation of Alleged Killer

by Les Zaitz, The Malheur Enterprise,

Illinois Lawmakers Demand Explanation on Children Stuck in Psychiatric Hospitals

by Duaa Eldeib,

The Administration of Mayor Rahm Emanuel Keeps Monitoring Protesters

by Mick Dumke,

Where Is “Home” for Children in State Custody?

by Duaa Eldeib,

Hundreds of Illinois Children Languish in Psychiatric Hospitals After They’re Cleared For Release

by Duaa Eldeib,

Every Day, a Child is Held Beyond Medical Necessity in Illinois

by Duaa Eldeib, David Eads and Vignesh Ramachandran,

Blood Will Tell, Part II

by Pamela Colloff,

How an Unproven Forensic Science Spread Through the Criminal Justice System

by Leora Smith,

Blood Will Tell, Part I

by Pamela Colloff,

Group to Send Lawyers to Help Incarcerated Teens

by Duaa Eldeib,

How an Oregon Weekly Forced Release of Key Records in Murder Cases

by Les Zaitz, The Malheur Enterprise,

Oregon Doctors Warned That a Killer and Rapist Would Likely Attack Again. Then the State Released Him.

by Jayme Fraser, The Malheur Enterprise,

Oregon Board Explains Why It Repeatedly Released Killer From Psychiatric Hospital

by Jayme Fraser, The Malheur Enterprise,

A Betrayal

by Hannah Dreier,

A Chicago Cop’s Facebook Posts and a City’s Struggle With Racism

by Jodi S. Cohen,

Chicago Cop Under Investigation Again Over Social Media Posts

by Jodi S. Cohen,

Baltimore Judge Tosses Alford Plea, Rebuking Prosecutor

by Megan Rose,

Innocent But Still Guilty

by Megan Rose,

In New York, Crime Falls Along With Police Stops

by Joe Sexton,

Baltimore Prosecutor Admits He Was Wrong to Block Request to Alter Alford Plea

by Megan Rose,

Taking Care to Get a Mississippi Scandal Right

by Sarah Smith,

“What Are We Going to Do About Tyler?”

by Nadia Sussman,