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U.S. reviewing 27 death penalty convictions for FBI forensic testimony errors

The Washington Post reports: “The unusual collaboration came after The Washington Post reported last year that authorities had known for years that flawed forensic work by FBI hair examiners may […]
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Overworked and Understaffed? How the Chicago Police Fight Gun Violence

"Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's new anti-gang strategy seems to be working, but it comes with a high price," according to an article from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
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Wisconsin partnership tracks unsolved murders

Gannett Wisconsin Media began publishing a four-week series called Cold Cases: Tracking Wisconsin's unsolved murders. According to Gannett Wisconsin Media, the project is the most comprehensive look into unsovled murders […]
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Violence reverberates through the city, even with decline in shootings, homicides

“It was just one scene in a city where gunfire has long been too common. In the first six months of this year, more than 1,000 people were shot in […]
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13 excessive force complaints against Minneapolis police officer involved in Terrence Franklin shooting

His supervisors and fellow officers praise Officer Lucas Peterson as a courageous and exemplary cop. Court records offer a different view — an officer whose aggressive methods frequently cross the […]
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ATF uses fake drugs, big bucks to snare suspects

The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has locked up more than 1,000 people using controversial sting operations that entice suspects to rob nonexistent drug stash houses. See […]
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Extra Extra Roundup: Drug cartels, unjustified shootings, unseen farm worker harassment

Unjustified | Newsday“Report reveals how cop shot unarmed man - and kept his job.” Secret files reveal how pay-to-play works in N.J. | The Star-Ledger“A special report by The Star-Ledger exposes […]
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Unjustified

A Newsday report reveals how a cop shot an unarmed man -- and kept his job.
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Secret files reveal how pay-to-play works in N.J.

A special report by The Star-Ledger exposes how one politically connected engineering firm parlayed campaign donations into millions of dollars in public contracts, all the while keeping the scheme hidden […]
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State photo-ID databases become troves for police

The Washington Post reports that the faces of more than 120 million people are in searchable photo databases that state officials assembled to prevent driver’s-license fraud but that increasingly are […]
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