Criminal Justice

Accountability in Crime and Law

605 stories published since 2008

The Murder Chicago Didn’t Want to Solve

by Mick Dumke

February 25, 2021, 5:00 am EST
Lawyers Who Were Ineligible to Handle Serious Criminal Charges Were Given Thousands of These Cases Anyway

by Samantha Hogan, The Maine Monitor, and Agnel Philip, ProPublica

February 23, 2021, 5:00 am EST
A Federal Appeals Court Has Ruled in Favor of Releasing NYPD Discipline Records

by Eric Umansky

February 17, 2021, 11:40 am EST
New York City Council Proposes Sweeping NYPD Reforms

by Eric Umansky and Joaquin Sapien

February 1, 2021, 1:38 pm EST
“This Is War”: Inside the Secret Chat Where Far-Right Extremists Devised Their Post-Capitol Plans

by Logan Jaffe and Jack Gillum

January 28, 2021, 11:27 am EST
Has Your Family Paid Fees or Fines to a Juvenile Justice System?

by Jodi S. Cohen and Adriana Gallardo

January 28, 2021, 9:00 am EST
Still Can’t Breathe

by Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Yoav Gonen, THE CITY, video by Lucas Waldron, ProPublica

January 21, 2021, 5:00 am EST
New York City Paid an NBA Star Millions After an NYPD Officer Broke His Leg. The Officer Paid Little Price.

by Mike Hayes for ProPublica

January 12, 2021, 5:00 am EST
Domestic Terrorism: A More Urgent Threat, but Weaker Laws

by Sebastian Rotella

January 7, 2021, 11:30 pm EST
Magistrate Judges Took Bribes, Stole Money and Mishandled Cases. South Carolina Officials Now Want Reform.

by Joseph Cranney, The Post and Courier

January 5, 2021, 5:00 am EST
“Nobody” Hurt, “Just a Perp,” Say Officers After NYPD Shot and Killed Man in His Own Home

by Eric Umansky

January 4, 2021, 2:38 pm EST
Alaska Requires DNA Be Collected From People Arrested for Violent Crimes. Many Police Have Ignored That.

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

December 31, 2020, 11:00 am EST
After 3 Years and $1.5 Million Testing Rape Kits, Alaska Made One New Arrest

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

December 30, 2020, 11:00 am EST
Calls Increase for NYPD Commissioner to Be Stripped of Absolute Authority Over Officer Discipline

by Mollie Simon and Eric Umansky

December 22, 2020, 7:00 am EST
Judges Are Locking Up Children for Noncriminal Offenses Like Repeatedly Disobeying Their Parents and Skipping School

by Jodi S. Cohen and Duaa Eldeib

December 22, 2020, 6:00 am EST
Restrictions on the South Texas Border Were Meant to Protect People From COVID-19. Then the Handcuffs Came Out.

by Vianna Davila and Ren Larson

December 19, 2020, 6:00 am EST
New York Lawmakers Demand NYPD Halt Undercover Sex Trade Stings

by Joaquin Sapien and Joshua Kaplan

December 16, 2020, 11:10 am EST
Police Say Seizing Property Without Trial Helps Keep Crime Down. A New Study Shows They’re Wrong.

Ian MacDougall

December 14, 2020, 2:33 pm EST
What It Looks Like When the New York City Police Commissioner Has “Unchecked Power” Over Officer Discipline

by Mollie Simon, Lena V. Groeger, Eric Umansky and Adriana Gallardo

December 11, 2020, 6:00 am EST
NYPD Cops Cash In on Sex Trade Arrests With Little Evidence, While Black and Brown New Yorkers Pay the Price

by Joshua Kaplan and Joaquin Sapien

December 7, 2020, 5:00 am EST
The Way Prisoners Flag Guard Abuse, Inadequate Health Care and Unsanitary Conditions Is Broken

by Shannon Heffernan, WBEZ

December 2, 2020, 6:00 am EST
A Deputy Prosecutor Was Fired for Speaking Out Against Jail Time for People Who Fall Behind on Rent

by Maya Miller and Ellis Simani

November 27, 2020, 6:00 am EST
Maine Governor Won’t Fund Reforms for Public Defense Agency Without Accountability

by Samantha Hogan, The Maine Monitor

November 11, 2020, 11:00 am EST
Following Our Investigation, the Director of Maine’s Public Defense Agency Resigns

by Samantha Hogan, The Maine Monitor

November 5, 2020, 11:00 am EST
New York Court Officials to Review Cases Handled by Judge With Alzheimer’s

by Joe Sexton

October 15, 2020, 5:30 am EDT
Cleveland Hospitals’ Private Police “Border Patrol” Comes Under Scrutiny

by David Armstrong

October 15, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Maine Hires Lawyers With Criminal Records to Defend Poor Residents. The Governor Wants Reform.

by Samantha Hogan, The Maine Monitor

October 14, 2020, 12:01 pm EDT
He’d Waited Decades to Argue His Innocence. She Was a Judge Who Believed in Second Chances. Nobody Knew She Suffered from Alzheimer’s.

by Joe Sexton

October 12, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
She Was Afraid of Her Lawyer. Then the Text Messages Started.

by Samantha Hogan, The Maine Monitor

October 8, 2020, 7:00 am EDT
Maine Hires Lawyers With Criminal Records to Defend Its Poorest Residents

by Samantha Hogan, The Maine Monitor, with data analysis by Agnel Philip

October 6, 2020, 6:00 am EDT
The Obama Justice Department Had a Plan to Hold Police Accountable for Abuses. The Trump DOJ Has Undermined It.

by Robert Faturechi

September 29, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
The Startling Reach and Disparate Impact of Cleveland Clinic’s Private Police Force

by David Armstrong

September 28, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
What Happens to New Jersey Officers Charged With Official Misconduct? We Gathered the Cases to Find Out.

by Andrew Ford, Asbury Park Press

September 23, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
How Criminal Cops Often Avoid Jail

by Andrew Ford, Asbury Park Press

September 23, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Her Stepfather Admitted to Sexually Abusing Her. That Wasn’t Enough to Keep Her Safe.

by Nadia Sussman

September 18, 2020, 12:00 pm EDT
Over a Dozen Black and Latino Men Accused a Cop of Humiliating, Invasive Strip Searches. The NYPD Kept Promoting Him.

by Joaquin Sapien and Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Nate Schweber for ProPublica

September 10, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
As Trump Calls for Law and Order, Can Chicago’s Top Prosecutor Beat the Charge That She’s Soft on Crime?

by Mick Dumke

September 4, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
What Can Mayors Do When the Police Stop Doing Their Jobs?

by Alec MacGillis

September 3, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
He Faced a Criminal Charge for Not Self-Isolating When He Had COVID-19 Symptoms. Prosecutors Just Dropped the Case.

by Tony Briscoe

August 28, 2020, 4:38 pm EDT
The NYPD Is Withholding Evidence From Investigations Into Police Abuse

by Eric Umansky and Mollie Simon

August 17, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Illinois Has Promised to “Infuse Love” in Its Juvenile Justice System, but What Will Actually Change?

by Duaa Eldeib

August 7, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
The Complaint Files NYPD Unions Don’t Want You to See

by Josefa Velasquez, Greg B. Smith and Reuven Blau, THE CITY

July 31, 2020, 9:15 pm EDT
Grace, Black Teen Jailed for Not Doing Her Online Coursework, Is Released

by Jodi S. Cohen

July 31, 2020, 6:42 pm EDT
New York Grand Jury Indicts Two Former Leaders of Mexico’s Drug War for Cartel Connections

by Ginger Thompson

July 30, 2020, 4:58 pm EDT
Portland Protesters No Longer Being Banned From Attending Protests to Win Release From Jail

by Dara Lind

July 30, 2020, 4:20 pm EDT
Prosecutors Say They Support Releasing Girl Who Was Detained for Not Doing Her Schoolwork

by Jodi S. Cohen

July 30, 2020, 2:58 pm EDT
We Tracked What Happens to Police After They Use Force on Protesters

by Zipporah Osei, Mollie Simon, Moiz Syed and Lucas Waldron

July 29, 2020, 10:00 am EDT
What Has Happened to Police Filmed Hurting Protesters? So Far, Very Little.

by Zipporah Osei and Mollie Simon

July 29, 2020, 10:00 am EDT
She Asked to Be Saved From Him. Now She’s Dead.

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

July 28, 2020, 11:00 am EDT
Your Questions About the New York City Police Complaint Data, Answered

by Ken Schwencke and Celeste LeCompte

July 28, 2020, 10:00 am EDT