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Joe Bryan in His Own Words: On Being Convicted With Expert Testimony That Turned Out to Be Wrong

by Pamela Colloff

December 17, 2018, 2:00 pm EST
Agency Policing Tent City for Immigrant Kids Lacks Experience Investigating Sex Crimes Involving Children

by Topher Sanders and Michael Grabell

December 14, 2018, 2:20 pm EST
How a Dubious Forensic Science Spread Like a Virus

by Leora Smith

December 13, 2018, 5:00 am EST
Elkhart’s Acting Police Chief Has Previously Been Demoted, Reprimanded and Suspended

by Ken Armstrong, ProPublica, and Jeff Parrott, South Bend Tribune

December 12, 2018, 3:04 pm EST
Criminally Insane in Oregon Attack Twice as Many People Than Previously Known, New Data Shows

by Jayme Fraser, The Malheur Enterprise

December 12, 2018, 5:00 am EST
Stung by Controversies, Police Chief Resigns in Elkhart, Indiana

by Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune, and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica

December 10, 2018, 11:44 pm EST
An Elkhart Police Officer Was Convicted of Drunken Driving — Then the Chief Promoted Him

by Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune, and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica

December 7, 2018, 12:30 pm EST
FBI Moves to Fix Critical Flaw in Its Crime Reporting System

by Mark Greenblatt and Mark Fahey, Newsy, Bernice Yeung, ProPublica, and Emily Harris, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting

December 6, 2018, 7:00 pm EST
Judge in Joe Bryan Case Rejects Defense Pleas for New Trial

by Pamela Colloff

December 6, 2018, 5:32 pm EST
Local Oregon Officials and Community Members Weigh in on Repeated Attacks After Pleading Insanity

by Cynthia Gordy Giwa

December 6, 2018, 5:00 am EST
Elkhart City Council Members Support Investigation of Police Department

by Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune

December 3, 2018, 6:05 pm EST
With Trump’s Justice Department Retreating, Who Will Now Police the Police?

by Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune, and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica

December 1, 2018, 2:30 pm EST
“I Don’t Want to Shoot You, Brother”

by Joe Sexton

November 29, 2018, 5:00 am EST
Elkhart, Indiana, Police Chief Suspended for 30 Days Following Release of Beating Video

by Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune, and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica

November 27, 2018, 6:19 pm EST
“They Should Have Been Fired on the Spot”: In Elkhart, Indiana, the Talk Is All About the Police and a Video

by Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune, and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica

November 21, 2018, 5:43 pm EST
Oregon Officials Call for Changes of Laws on Criminally Insane

by Jayme Fraser, The Malheur Enterprise

November 20, 2018, 11:58 am EST
Indiana State Police Turn Down Elkhart Mayor’s Request for Broad Review of City’s Police Department

by Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune, and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica

November 19, 2018, 6:30 pm EST
Get Out of Jail for a Price: The First Investigation From Our Illinois Reporting Project

by Steve Mills

November 16, 2018, 5:00 am EST
Nearly All the Officers in Charge of an Indiana Police Department Have Been Disciplined — Including the Chief Who Keeps Promoting Them

by Ken Armstrong, ProPublica, and Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune

November 15, 2018, 8:15 pm EST
Who Runs This Police Department? Lots of Officers Who’ve Been Reprimanded or Even Suspended.

by Ken Armstrong, ProPublica, and Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune

November 15, 2018, 8:15 pm EST
When It Comes to Rape, Just Because a Case Is Cleared Doesn’t Mean It’s Solved

by Bernice Yeung, ProPublica, Mark Greenblatt and Mark Fahey, Newsy, and Emily Harris, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting

November 15, 2018, 10:00 am EST
Oregon Board Says Those Found Criminally Insane Rarely Commit New Crimes. The Numbers Say Otherwise.

by Jayme Fraser, The Malheur Enterprise, with Decca Muldowney, Gabriel Sandoval and Alex Mierjeski, ProPublica

November 14, 2018, 5:00 am EST
What Oregon Officials Knew and When They Knew It

by Jayme Fraser, The Malheur Enterprise

November 14, 2018, 5:00 am EST
How We Analyzed the Outcomes of Those Freed by Oregon’s Psychiatric Security Review Board

by Jayme Fraser, The Malheur Enterprise, with Decca Muldowney, Gabriel Sandoval and Alex Mierjeski, ProPublica

November 14, 2018, 5:00 am EST
Oregon Board Says Those Found Criminally Insane Rarely Commit New Crimes. The Numbers Say Otherwise.

by Jayme Fraser, The Malheur Enterprise, with Decca Muldowney, Gabriel Sandoval and Alex Mierjeski, ProPublica

November 14, 2018, 5:00 am EST
How We Analyzed the Outcomes of Those Freed by Oregon’s Psychiatric Security Review Board

by Jayme Fraser, The Malheur Enterprise, with Decca Muldowney, Gabriel Sandoval and Alex Mierjeski, ProPublica

November 14, 2018, 5:00 am EST
Diversion Programs Say They Offer a Path Away From Court, but Critics Say the Tolls Are Hefty

by Rebecca Burns for ProPublica Illinois

November 13, 2018, 5:00 am EST
Indiana Police Officer Before Punching Handcuffed Man: “If You Spit Again, We’re Gonna Party”

by Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune, and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica

November 5, 2018, 10:15 pm EST
How a Police Beating in Elkhart, Indiana Unfolded

by Lucas Waldron

November 5, 2018, 10:15 pm EST
Murder Charge Can’t Deter Sharpton’s Brother From Voting Rights Crusade

by Nina Martin

November 4, 2018, 9:00 pm EST
Two Indiana Police Officers to be Charged After Video Shows Them Beating Handcuffed Man

by Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune, and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica

November 2, 2018, 10:00 pm EDT
Texas Panel Faults Lab Chemist in Bryan Case for “Overstated Findings” and Inadequate DNA Analysis

by Pamela Colloff

October 8, 2018, 11:02 am EDT
The Child Abuse Contrarian

by David Armstrong

September 26, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
Los Desaparecidos

por Hannah Dreier

September 25, 2018, 4:46 pm EDT
He Said He Faked Mental Illness to Avoid Prison. Now, Accused in 2 Killings, He’s Sent Back to a State Hospital.

by Jayme Fraser, The Malheur Enterprise

September 24, 2018, 4:39 pm EDT
The Disappeared

by Hannah Dreier

September 20, 2018, 3:00 am EDT
Blood-Spatter Expert in Joe Bryan Case Says “My Conclusions Were Wrong”

by Pamela Colloff

September 17, 2018, 7:49 pm EDT
How the Trump Administration Went Easy on Small-Town Police Abuses

by Ian MacDougall

August 27, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
Joe Bryan’s Attorneys Ask For New Trial, Say Murder Conviction Built On Faulty Forensics

by Pamela Colloff

August 24, 2018, 3:30 pm EDT
Bill Proposes Greater Accountability for New York Prosecutors Who Break the Law

by Joaquin Sapien

August 16, 2018, 2:58 pm EDT
When Public Records Aren’t Public

by Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune, and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica

August 3, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
Standing by Their Convictions

by Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune, and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica

July 27, 2018, 6:00 am EDT
Influential Texas Commission Says Blood-Spatter Testimony in Joe Bryan’s Murder Case Was “Not Accurate or Scientifically Supported”

by Pamela Colloff

July 24, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
Like Chicago Police, Cook County and Illinois Officials Track Thousands of People in Gang Databases

by Mick Dumke

July 19, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
Federal Judge to Consider Independent Monitor for Illinois Child Welfare Agency

by Duaa Eldeib

June 20, 2018, 5:57 pm EDT
Oregon Court System Shields Evaluation of Alleged Killer

by Les Zaitz, The Malheur Enterprise

June 15, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
Illinois Lawmakers Demand Explanation on Children Stuck in Psychiatric Hospitals

by Duaa Eldeib

June 14, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
The Administration of Mayor Rahm Emanuel Keeps Monitoring Protesters

by Mick Dumke

June 12, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
Where Is “Home” for Children in State Custody?

by Duaa Eldeib

June 8, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
Hundreds of Illinois Children Languish in Psychiatric Hospitals After They’re Cleared For Release

by Duaa Eldeib

June 5, 2018, 7:00 am EDT