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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]