A Jail In Crisis
March 16, 2023
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Deaths, Use of Solitary Soar At The Allegheny County Jail Even As Its Population Has Dropped From Pre-Pandemic Highs.
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Justice Denied
March 10, 2023
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Last year, Gerald Thomas was sent to the Allegheny County Jail after charges against him were dropped, and died inside 17 days later. The judge who berated him is now facing a federal lawsuit.
A Cop Sexually Assaulted Their Son. Then Child Protective Services Retaliated.
February 14, 2023
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How a family in Missouri almost lost their kid, and couldn't fight back thanks to qualified immunity laws.
Why Are So Few Being Released?
February 1, 2023
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They were sentenced to long prison terms for crimes they committed in their teens. But North Carolina opened a potential door to get them out.
Celeb Prosecutor’s Own Kidnapping Is Now A True Crime Fiasco
January 30, 2023
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She survived a brutal kidnapping and attempted rape—and wrote a book about it. But did it happen the way she says?
The Fashionable Police Strategy That Is Just Mass Incarceration By Another Name
November 2, 2022
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This story was published in partnership with Slate.
Police departments, politicians, academics, and policymakers are again embracing focused deterrence, a...
Biden’s Focus on Marijuana Is Part of the Problem
October 21, 2022
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Earlier this month, President Joe Biden released a three-prong plan to fulfill a...
The Quiet Political Rise of David Sacks, Silicon Valley’s Prophet of Urban Doom
October 20, 2022
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Like his pals Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, Sacks is using his wealth and online clout to unite conservatives and former leftists in a reactionary movement against liberalism.
The NYPD Brutalized Protesters in 2020. Will It Face a Reckoning?
October 8, 2022
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On June 4, 2020, hundreds of protesters marched through the Mott...
Police Are Bragging About Big Fentanyl Busts, Repeating the Drug War’s Dark History
September 20, 2022
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Politicians and lawmakers are equating large-scale fentanyl seizures with progress in combating the drug’s epidemic, forgetting the lessons from the age of crack.
Why Even Progressive Prosecutors Won’t Be Able to Keep Women Who Have Abortions Out of Jail
July 13, 2022
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In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v....