The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. These stories are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Stories are not available for download but can be easily ordered by contacting the Resource Center:
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Until Proven Innocent
The book reviews how the case and charges against the three Duke Lacrosse players was handled. The authors focus on how "political correctness, personal agendas, sensationalist journalism, and academic extremism," all shaped the public opinion about the players before they went on trial.
Tags: Duke; rape; gang rape; Duke Lacrosse; court; trial; justice; NAACP; media; DNA; Nifong; sports; college; law enforcement;
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Gang Rape, Murder and Justice in a Small Town
"The re-investigation of a 27-year-old murder. For the first time anywhere, the story revealed the details of how Janet Chandler was killed in a gang rape that was shockingly engineered by a jealous female roommate."
Tags: rape; gang rape; re-investigation; murder; criminal trial; Michigan State Police; cold case; police; Hope College; Michigan
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Raped in Iraq: The Halliburton Victims
Jamie Leigh Jones and Tracy Barker both "said they were raped or sexually assaulted while working for Halliburton/KBR in Iraq." Parts of Jones' rape kit went missing after it was "turned over to Halliburton/KBR security guards." Meanwhile the "Justice Department declined prosecution even after State Department investigators recommended it, in the case of the "assault and attempted rape" of Barker by a State Department official.
Tags: rape; sexual assault; cover up; State Department; Halliburton; Iraq; women; gang rape
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Central Park Jogger
An ABC investigation reveals that a serial rapist, Matias Reyes, has confessed to raping the Central Park Jogger, a 28-year old attractive investment banker who in 1989 was found in coma after her nightly jog. Reyes has also confessed to raping four other women and murdering one of them. After the broadcast, a judge vacated the convictions of the Harlem teens who had been imprisoned for years as rapists in the Central Park Jogger case.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; DNA evidence; teenagers; gangs; justice; courts; African Americans; blacks
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Silent Trust
WBRZ-TV reports about "student-on-student sexual misconduct at the Louisiana School for the Deaf in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Major findings ... include dozens of confirmed cases of student-on-student sexual misconduct ranging from inappropriate touching to repeated gang rape from 1989 to 1999... Inadequate supervision for the 256 students living in the school's six dorms... Inadequate training and pay for the 68 dorm monitors entrusted with student care... More than a million dollars in legal costs and legal settlements stemming from such incidents since 1989.. Administrative reticence to recognize and solve a problem..."
Tags: TAPE TRANSCRIPT teenagers sexual activity residential schools deaf education
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Dealing with the Devil
The Denver Westward looks at four murder trials and two death penalty hearings for the men accused of raping, torturing and murdering a 14-year-old girl who lived in the Denver area. The six-part series "demonstrates in terms both graphic and heart-breaking the effect of violence -- not just on the victims and the perpetrators but on their families and those who work within the criminal justice system."
Tags: crime rape violence Deuce-Seven Bloods gangs Brandaline Rose DuVall Venus Montoya drugs teenagers
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Prisoner's Dilemma
The shocking murder in Jasper, Texas, of James Byrd, an African-American man, by three white men may have its roots in the violence and injustice of the Texas prison system. The two instigators of the dragging death had both spent time in prison, where they'd joined a white supremicist gang to protect themselves from beatings and rape by other prisoners.
Tags: Discrimination
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Ford Heights Four
WMAQ-TV's investigative team studies the pleas of innocence from four men who were convicted of gang rape and murder in the late 1970's. For 18 years, the four had plead their innocence to police, prosecutors, judges and juries. In trial after retrial, they'd been found guilty. With the aid of a Northwestern University professor and three of his students, WMAQ found an 18-year-old police report, long buried, that both pointed to the four's innocence and targeted the real killers. The investigation also revealed an audio tape confession of the actual triggerman.
Tags: TRANSCRIPT criminal justice wrongful convictions DNA testing (no tape)
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Can We Put an End to Inmate Rape?
USA Today reports that "More than 300,000 males are sexually assaulted behind bars every year... The victims usually are the youngest, smallest, nonviolent, first-time offenders, and those facing less serious charges. Very few of these rapes are reported to administrators, much less prosecuted."
Tags: prisoners psychological trauma sexual exploitation prison gangs
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Columbia Missourian looks at gang rape and date rape in the fraternity system, including the role of alcohol and of the "little sister" program; discusses reactions of victims and ways women can protect themselves, Oct. 23, 1988.