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Criminal Justice

Accountability in Crime and Law

453 stories published since 2008

New York Prosecutors Ignored Tainted Evidence Used Against Spanish-Speaking Drivers for Years

by Brett Murphy,

Another Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Punching Handcuffed Man

by Ken Armstrong,

Some Are Jailed in Mississippi for Months Without a Lawyer. The State Supreme Court Just Barred That.

by Caleb Bedillion and Taylor Vance, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal,

The Army Increasingly Allows Soldiers Charged With Violent Crimes to Leave the Military Rather Than Face Trial

by Vianna Davila, Lexi Churchill and Ren Larson, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, and Davis Winkie, Military Times,

Judge Dismisses Sex Abuse Case Against Alaska’s Former Acting Attorney General

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News,

Ayude a ProPublica y The Salt Lake Tribune a investigar las agresiones sexuales en Utah

por Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, y Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica,

Ex-Honorary Consul Accused of Financing Hezbollah Indicted on Money Laundering, Terrorism Counts

by Evan Robinson-Johnson for ProPublica,

Prosecutors and Judges Push for Conviction Reviews, Ban on Junk Science of 911 Call Analysis

by Brett Murphy,

Help ProPublica and The Salt Lake Tribune Investigate Sexual Assault in Utah

by Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, and Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica,

Is It Forensics or Is It Junk Science?

by Sophia Kovatch, Pamela Colloff and Brett Murphy,

Nearly Half of All Sheriffs in Louisiana Are Violating Public Records Laws

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News,

Años antes de acusarlo, investigadores de EE. UU. descubrieron pruebas de que el antiguo Secretario de Seguridad de México había cometido supuestos actos de corrupción

por Tim Golden,

U.S. Investigators Uncovered Alleged Corruption by Mexico’s Former Security Minister Years Before He Was Indicted

by Tim Golden,

Maryland AG Seeks to Preserve Massive Set of Sexual Assault Evidence

by Catherine Rentz,

A Sheriff in Louisiana Has Been Destroying Records of Deputies’ Alleged Misconduct for Years

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News,

They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars.

by Brett Murphy,

Some Talk but Little Action on Private Policing in St. Louis

by Jeremy Kohler,

She Reported Her Medication Was Stolen at a Halfway House. She Was Blamed Instead.

by Moe Clark, photography by Eli Imadali,

St. Louis Can Banish People From Entire Neighborhoods. Police Can Arrest Them if They Come Back.

by Jeremy Kohler,

Complaint Filed Against Mississippi Judge for Failing to Hand Over Search Warrants to Clerk

by Caleb Bedillion, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal,

More Than Two Years After George Floyd’s Murder Sparked a Movement, Police Reform Has Stalled. What Happened?

by Jake Pearson,

The Globetrotting Con Man and Suspected Spy Who Met With President Trump

by Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg,

How a Chinese American Gangster Transformed Money Laundering for Drug Cartels

by Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg,

Mississippi’s Missing Search Warrants Prevent Scrutiny of No-Knock Raids

by Caleb Bedillion, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal,

“Another Place to Warehouse People”: The State Where Halfway Houses Are a Revolving Door to Prison

by Moe Clark, photography by Eli Imadali,

A Private Policing Company in St. Louis Is Staffed With Top Police Department Officers

by Jeremy Kohler,

St. Louis’ Private Police Forces Make Security a Luxury of the Rich

by Jeremy Kohler,

Early Results on DNA Evidence From Decades-Old Rape Cases Are Both Promising and Alarming

by Catherine Rentz,

Public Defenders and Defense Attorneys: Help ProPublica Report on Criminal Justice

by Josh Peck and Imani White,

Richard Glossip Has Eaten Three Last Meals on Death Row. Years Later, the State Is Still Trying to Execute Him.

by Ziva Branstetter,

Michigan Proposes Juvenile Justice Reforms After Story of Teen Locked Up for Missing Homework Exposed Gaps in System

by Jodi S. Cohen,

Two Cities Took Different Approaches to Pandemic Court Closures. They Got Different Results.

by Alec MacGillis,

Louisiana Limits Solitary Confinement for Youth

by Annie Waldman, ProPublica, Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project, and Erin Einhorn, NBC News,

Shielded From Public View, Misconduct by Corrections Staff in Illinois Prisons Received Scant Discipline

by Shannon Heffernan, WBEZ,

Trial Diary: A Journalist Sits on a Baltimore Jury

by Alec MacGillis,

Daniel Taylor Was Innocent. He Spent Decades in Prison Trying to Fix the State’s Mistake.

by Steve Mills,

Wrongly Convicted Man Receives $7.5 Million Settlement in Indiana

by Marek Mazurek, South Bend Tribune,

They Built the Wall. Problems Remain After Founder’s Guilty Plea.

by Jeremy Schwartz and Perla Trevizo,

Louisiana Lawmakers Could Limit Solitary Confinement for Teens Following Alarming Revelations

by Annie Waldman, ProPublica, Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project, and Erin Einhorn, NBC News,

Maine Will Soon Hire Its First Five Public Defenders. Most of the State Remains Without Them.

by Samantha Hogan, The Maine Monitor,

Conditions at Mississippi’s Most Notorious Prison Violate the Constitution, DOJ Says

by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting,

Changes in Police Policy, Payouts to Latino Victims of Traffic Stops and Arrests Following Investigations

by Dale Russakoff and Deborah Sontag,

The Invisible Hand of Steve Twist

by Nicole Santa Cruz,

St. Louis’ Murder Total Has Fallen, but Some Killings Went Uncounted

by Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, and Tom Scheck, APM Reports,

DOJ Charges Defendants With Harassing and Spying On Chinese Americans for Beijing

by Sebastian Rotella,

Shackles and Solitary: Inside Louisiana’s Harshest Juvenile Lockup

by Annie Waldman, ProPublica; Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project; and Erin Einhorn, NBC News,

ACLU Sues Maine for Providing Ineffective Defense Counsel

by Samantha Hogan, The Maine Monitor,

Testing Rape Kits Can Deliver Exonerations, Closure and Cost Savings. Why Does It Still Take So Long to Do?

by Catherine Rentz,

Years Before a Police Union Leader Was Raided by the FBI, Local Investigators Didn’t Pursue Allegations Against Him

by Jake Pearson,

Citizens Hide From Active Shooters as Alaska Is Slow to Deliver on 2019 Promise of Village Troopers

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News,