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For Louisville Offenders And Victims Alike, A New Label: ‘Public Nuisance’

This story examined the enforcement of a little-known public nuisance law in Louisville, Ky. We found victims of domestic violence, people struggling with addiction, and minor offenders are often labeled […]
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Prosecution Declined

Prosecution Declined was a year-long look at how rape cases are investigated and prosecuted in Louisville. Louisville police made arrests in only 15 percent of rapes, compared to a national […]
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Man in the Window

The arrest of a suspect in one of California’s most terrifying serial murders provides a backdrop for a modern and relevant investigation into unhealed trauma, the enduring harm of hostile […]
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The Secret List of Convicted Cops

The public entrusts police officers with the power to use deadly force to uphold the law. “The Secret List of Convicted Cops” shows how some officers betray that public trust, […]
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Development Arrested

Development Arrested is a deep investigation into the racist history and modern inequality of Mississippi’s system for prosecuting children as adults. It is told strikingly in real time as a […]
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13 Alibis

Producer Dan Slepian’s bold, intrepid, and relentless investigative reporting is what defines “13 Alibis,” Dateline NBC’s first podcast. The report achieved what nearly a dozen lawyers couldn’t for 20 years: […]
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Uncover: The Village

The Village tackles the police investigation into serial killer Bruce McArthur, and uses the case as a springboard to re-investigate a slew of unsolved murders in Toronto’s Gay Village, going back […]
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Law Enforcement for Hire

This is a story that shows, yet again, that rich and influential people are afforded a different brand of justice than hoi polloi. It’s the obverse of the Jeffrey Epstein […]
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Lethal Force

South Carolina law enforcement officers have shot hundreds of people over the last 10 years. One agency, the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office, has pulled the trigger nearly twice as many […]
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Surveillance and Secrets

“Secrets and Surveillance” delved into the Real Time Crime Center’s (RTCC) privacy protections. For months, Rebecca Rivas’ requests for information about how police stored and provided access to surveillance materials […]
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New Hope Police Taser Confusion Controversy

A police officer in a popular tourist town in Bucks County Pennsylvania shot a suspect who survived, but for five weeks and five days that is all the public knew. […]
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Crack vs. Heroin: An unfair system arrested millions of blacks, urged compassion for whites

A racial double standard has been hard-wired into the nation’s drug laws and criminal justice system since the heyday of the crack epidemic. It continues today. The Asbury Park Press’s 40-year […]
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Driving While Indian

InvestigateWest plumbed millions of traffic stops to reveal the phenomenon of "driving while Indian": Native American motorists appear targeted for searches -- they're searched five times more often than white […]
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Race disparities in Ohio traffic stops

After we analyzed nearly half a million stops made in Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland, the state’s largest cities, we noticed a large discrepancy in the racial makeup of the data. […]
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Texas police can seize money and property with little transparency. So we got the data ourselves.

This investigative project was built on exhaustive data-collecting in four Texas counties to find out how Texas law enforcement uses a powerful tool: civil asset forfeiture. We decided to focus […]
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Navigating state public records from cops to COVID

No matter the platform, state or level of expertise, this panel will offer the latest tips and tricks for obtaining public records — and facing associated challenges — including some […]
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