Child Cases Live Chat: Wednesday, 1PM EST
ProPublica, FRONTLINE and NPR released their joint investigation today on nearly two dozen cases in which people were accused of killing children based on flawed forensic opinions and then later cleared. Many served years in prison or even had their surviving children taken away before being exonerated. On Wednesday, June 29, all three news outlets are hosting a live chat with the reporters involved in the story: A.C. Thompson, ProPublica; Catherine Upin, FRONTLINE; and Joe Shapiro, NPR. You can submit questions by tweeting #childcases, or commenting on our Facebook page or this page.
Read/view all the pieces of The Child Cases investigation:
ProPublica
- The Hardest Cases: When Children Die, Justice Can Be Elusive
- Profiles: The Child Cases
- Post Mortem: Death Investigation in America
PBS "Frontline"
NPR
Post Mortem: Death Investigation in America
A year-long investigation into the nation’s 2,300 coroner and medical examiner offices uncovered a deeply dysfunctional system that quite literally buries its mistakes.
The Story So Far
In TV crime dramas and detective novels, every suspicious death is investigated by a highly trained medical professional, equipped with sophisticated 21st century technology.
The reality in America’s morgues is quite different. ProPublica, in collaboration with PBS “Frontline” and NPR, took an in-depth look at the nation’s 2,300 coroner and medical examiner offices and found a deeply dysfunctional system that quite literally buries its mistakes.
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1 comments
val
June 28, 2011, 4:25 p.m.
I think it so strange that you are doing a story on false imprisonment of child abusers. I know it happens and its bad to falsely accuse someone.
I also know that many children are abused and never get representations.
Where is the balance and the voice for the children. curious, Val
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