Criminal Justice

Accountability in Crime and Law

460 stories published since 2008

By the Numbers: The U.S.’s Growing For-Profit Detention Industry

June 20, 2012, 2:41 p.m. EDT

The 24 States That Have Sweeping Self-Defense Laws Just Like Florida’s

by Cora Currier,

March 22, 2012, 12:05 p.m. EDT

NYC’s Anti-Profiling Law: ‘Not Worth Paper It’s Written On’

by Justin Elliott,

March 2, 2012, 12:53 p.m. EST

Drive-by Scanning: Officials Expand Use and Dose of Radiation for Security Screening

by Michael Grabell,

Jan. 27, 2012, 9:30 a.m. EST

U.S. Insurance Firm Neglects Survivors of Iraqi Translators, May Face Criminal Charges

by T. Christian Miller,

May 23, 2011, 9:19 a.m. EDT

Six More Charged in New Orleans Danziger Bridge Shootings

by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica,

July 13, 2010, 5:30 p.m. EDT

In New Orleans, Chaos in the Streets, and in Police Ranks Too

by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, and Brendan McCarthy and Laura Maggi, The New Orleans Advocate/The Times-Picayune,

Dec. 12, 2009, 11 p.m. EST

FBI Opens Inquiry Into Death of Henry Glover

by A.C. Thompson,

March 28, 2009, 7:14 p.m. EDT

Air Marshals and the Law

by Michael Grabell,

Nov. 13, 2008, 12 p.m. EST

Air Marshals: Undercover and Under Arrest

by Michael Grabell,

Nov. 13, 2008, 5 a.m. EST