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Madoff Gets 150 Years; His Client Jeffry Picower Gets $5 Billion

by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - June 29, 2009 2:35 pm EDT

Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison today for carrying out a $65 billion fraud. But as ProPublica’s Jake Bernstein reported last week, Madoff client Jeffry Picower likely reaped more from the scheme than Madoff himself did

Between 1995 and 2008, Picower and his family withdrew $5.1 billion more from their Madoff accounts than they originally invested. Irving Picard, the trustee in charge of liquidating Madoff’s firm, has filed a lawsuit (PDF) against Picower and his wife to try to recover those funds and turn … more

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California Budget Cuts Could Cause ‘Public Safety Emergency’

by Emily Witt, ProPublica, and Ben Protess, Huffington Post Investigative Fund - June 23, 2009 1:17 pm EDT

As California lawmakers tackle their state's $24 billion deficit, one little-known proposal on the table is a $20 million cut to the … more

Introducing ProPublica’s DNA Backlog Tracker: Five Labs, Five Backlogs

by Ben Protess, ProPublica - June 9, 2009 7:50 am EDT

"One of the biggest problems facing the criminal justice system today is the substantial backlog of unanalyzed DNA … more

Frank Now Suspicious of DA Check Program

by Mosi Secret, ProPublica - June 8, 2009 10:59 am EDT

District attorneys' offices cashing in from deals with a private company that collects bad checks may soon have to answer to Rep. Barney … more

Illinois Crime Lab Botched Count of State’s DNA Backlog

by Ben Protess, ProPublica - May 19, 2009 1:17 pm EDT

When the U.S. government hired Michael Sheppo to help eliminate a crushing backlog in untested DNA evidence, he had all the right … more

Volunteers: Help Us Report on Your County’s Bounced Check Program

by Mosi Secret, ProPublica - May 12, 2009 10:30 am EDT
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Volunteers: Help Us Report on Your County’s Bounced Check Program

by Mosi Secret, ProPublica - May 12, 2009 10:24 am EDT
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Srebrenica Massacre Documents Destroyed?

by Sheri Fink, ProPublica - May 8, 2009 5:10 pm EDT

This post was updated on May. 11, 2009 9:30 a.m.

On Thursday, we reported that a stockpile of documents by and about … more

Justice Denied: Debbie Shaw’s Story

by Ben Protess, ProPublica - May 5, 2009 12:26 pm EDT

Debbie Shaw had to wait 19 years to find out who broke into her Dallas home and raped her in 1986.

That's because the rape evidence … more

Delayed Justice: Kellie Greene’s Story

by Ben Protess, ProPublica - May 5, 2009 11:50 am EDT

David Shaw, a wiry 27-year-old with a history of burglary and theft convictions, had already raped one woman when he attacked Kellie … more

The DNA Debacle: How the Federal Government Botched the DNA Backlog Crisis

by Ben Protess, ProPublica - May 5, 2009 7:40 am EDT

Kellie Greene spent three years living in fear, waiting for police to catch the stranger who raped her.

Her fear slowly … more

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