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A Marijuana Boom Led Her to Oklahoma. Then Anti-Drug Agents Seized Her Money and Raided Her Home.
A year after authorities arrested Qiu He, the Chinese immigrant has yet to be charged with a crime. She and others say anti-Asian bias plays a role in the state’s crackdown on the pot industry: “I don’t feel secure here.”
A Diplomat’s Visits to Oklahoma Highlight Contacts Between Chinese Officials and Community Leaders Accused of Crimes
After a mass murder at a marijuana farm, a Chinese diplomat visited an organization that has been the subject of investigations.
Gangsters, Money and Murder: How Chinese Organized Crime Is Dominating America’s Illegal Marijuana Market
A quadruple murder in Oklahoma shows how the Chinese underworld has come to dominate the booming illicit trade, fortifying its rise as a global powerhouse with alleged ties to China’s authoritarian regime.
No Questions, Multiple Denials: This Mississippi Court Appoints Lawyers for Just 1 in 5 Defendants Before Indictment
Mississippi has long been known as one of the worst states for providing a lawyer to any defendant who can’t afford one. In one rural county, most defendants in a lower court went without any lawyer before their cases were sent to a grand jury.
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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.
Mayors Are Presiding Over Their Town Courts Despite Guidance Saying They Shouldn’t. A Lawmaker Calls for Reform.
We found more than a dozen places in Louisiana where the mayor sat on the bench of a court that pulled in a sizable share of the town’s revenue. The state says this arrangement could be unfair to defendants.
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Series
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
