Criminal Justice

Dec. 18, 2017, 12:08 p.m. EST

Chicago Police Win Big When Appealing Discipline

by Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica,

Dec. 14, 2017, 5 a.m. CST

Chicago Police Department Grievances

by Jodi S. Cohen and David Eads, ProPublica, and Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune,

Dec. 14, 2017, 4:59 a.m. CST

Illinois Legislators Pledge to Deal with ‘Pipeline to Prison’ at Juvenile Correctional Facility

Dec. 6, 2017, 11:20 a.m. CST

Why America Fails at Gathering Hate Crime Statistics

by Ken Schwencke,

Dec. 4, 2017, 8 a.m. EST

A Dubious Arrest, a Compromised Prosecutor, a Tainted Plea: How One Murder Case Exposes a Broken System

Dec. 4, 2017, 6 a.m. EST

For Some Victims, Reporting a Rape Can Bring Doubt, Abuse — and Even Prosecution

by Ken Armstrong and T. Christian Miller,

Nov. 24, 2017, 11 a.m. EST

Chilling New Report Cites Greater Death Toll in Allende Massacre

by Ginger Thompson,

Nov. 21, 2017, 3:24 p.m. EST

Police Oversight Ordinance Promised Transparency But Doesn’t Fully Deliver

by Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, and Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune,

Nov. 13, 2017, 5 a.m. CST

Returning to the Scene of a Trauma

by Jodi S. Cohen,

Nov. 10, 2017, 5 a.m. CST

Nevada Pardons Wrongfully Convicted Man Featured in Our Story

Nov. 9, 2017, 2 p.m. EST

Chicago Police Skirt Punishment as Disciplinary System Fails Yet Again

by Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, and Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune,

Nov. 9, 2017, 5 a.m. CST

Have You Ever Filed a Complaint Against a Chicago Police Officer? Tell Us What Happened.

by Logan Jaffe,

Nov. 9, 2017, 4:59 a.m. CST

Despite Mayor’s Pledge, Hundreds of Chicago Cops Still in Desk Jobs

by Mick Dumke,

Nov. 3, 2017, 6 a.m. CDT

Concern Grows Over Youths at Juvenile Correctional Facility Being Sent to Adult Prison

Nov. 2, 2017, 5:52 p.m. CDT

Time Spent in Solitary Confinement Drops Dramatically in Illinois Youth Facilities

Oct. 26, 2017, 6 a.m. CDT

For Some Youths, ‘Minor’ Offenses Lead to Major Sentences in Adult Prison

Oct. 25, 2017, 6 a.m. CDT

Why (Almost) No One Is Charged With Gun Trafficking in Illinois

by Mick Dumke,

Oct. 13, 2017, 6 a.m. CDT

Putting Crime Scene DNA Analysis on Trial

Oct. 11, 2017, 8 a.m. EDT

How Chicago Gets Its Guns

by Mick Dumke,

Oct. 10, 2017, 5 a.m. CDT

Vegas Judge Featured in ProPublica Story Reprimanded for Ethics Violations

Oct. 9, 2017, 8 a.m. EDT

ProPublica Seeks Source Code for New York City’s Disputed DNA Software

Sept. 25, 2017, 7:54 p.m. EDT

The Freedom Plea: How Prosecutors Deny Exonerations by Dangling the Prison Keys

Sept. 7, 2017, 8 a.m. EDT

What Does an Innocent Man Have to Do to Go Free? Plead Guilty.

Sept. 7, 2017, 8 a.m. EDT

Thousands of Criminal Cases in New York Relied on Disputed DNA Testing Techniques

Sept. 4, 2017, 6 p.m. EDT

Misdemeanor Defendants Facing Jail Time Not Told They Have a Right to Counsel, Bar Association Finds

by Topher Sanders,

Aug. 14, 2017, 8 a.m. EDT

On Rikers Island, a Move Toward Reform Causes Trouble

by Joaquin Sapien,

July 26, 2017, 11:55 a.m. EDT

How (and Why) We’re Collecting Cook County Jail Data

by David Eads,

July 24, 2017, 11:39 a.m. CDT

Houston Police End Use of Drug Tests That Helped Produce Wrongful Convictions

July 14, 2017, 6:55 p.m. EDT

Victims in Thousands of Potential Hate Crimes Never Notify Police

by Joe Sexton,

June 29, 2017, 1:50 p.m. EDT

Former Texas Nurse Convicted of Baby-Killing Told Authorities ‘I Was Heinous.’

by Peter Elkind, special to ProPublica,

June 29, 2017, 1:30 p.m. EDT

The Last Shot

by Alec MacGillis,

June 27, 2017, 8 a.m. EDT

Despite Exposés and Embarrassments, Hundreds of Judges Preside in New York Without Law Degrees

by Joe Sexton,

June 26, 2017, 2:44 p.m. EDT

Trump Administration Quietly Rolls Back Civil Rights Efforts Across Federal Government

by Jessica Huseman and Annie Waldman,

June 15, 2017, 8 a.m. EDT

Nevada Passes Modest Measures to Curb Prosecutorial Misconduct

June 1, 2017, 1:09 p.m. EDT

Kafka in Vegas

May 26, 2017, 5 a.m. EDT

Vegas Judge Had Long History of Prosecutorial Misconduct

May 26, 2017, 4:59 a.m. EDT

Millions for New York Man Wrongly Convicted of Murder

by Joaquin Sapien,

May 9, 2017, 3:34 p.m. EDT

Another Startling Verdict for Forensic Science

April 14, 2017, 11:15 a.m. EDT

Street Hustle: The Truth Behind the ‘New’ Police Tool for Confronting Fentanyl Menace

Dec. 22, 2016, 9 a.m. EST

Where Traditional DNA Testing Fails, Algorithms Take Over

Nov. 4, 2016, 8 a.m. EDT

New York City Police Receptive to Some Reforms of Nuisance Enforcement

by Sarah Ryley for ProPublica and The New York Daily News,

Nov. 3, 2016, 4:25 p.m. EDT

Unreliable and Unchallenged

Oct. 28, 2016, 11 a.m. EDT

‘No Field Test is Fail Safe’: Meet the Chemist Behind Houston’s Police Drug Kits