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One Survivor's Story
"We moved in together a few months after we started dating. Within two weeks, I knew that something was wrong."
November 23, 2013
NOPD Convictions Overturned in Notorious Post-Katrina Shooting
In a 129-page ruling outlining "grotesque" prosecutorial misconduct, a judge overturned the convictions of 5 officers for shooting civilians on New Orleans' Danziger Bridge.
September 17, 2013
Can Juries Rely on Forensic Experts?
A new study says forensic psychologists tend to slant their testimony based on who pays them.
September 5, 2013
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Rape in the Fields
Lowell Bergman investigates the hidden reality of rape on the job for immigrant women working in America’s fields, farms and factories.
June 25, 2013
Trapped in the Hole: America's Solitary Problem
New scrutiny of the use of solitary confinement in state and federal prisons found abusive practices and no evidence that it even works.
June 14, 2013
Boston Bombing Unknowns Could Also Yield Clues
In addition to the forensic evidence left behind, what’s not yet known about the attacks can offer clues to the bomber’s identity, according to a former FBI agent who investigated the 9/11 attacks.
April 17, 2013
One of the Norfolk Four Makes a Final Appeal to the Supreme Court
Eric Wilson served more than seven years for a rape it seems almost certain that he didn't commit.
April 3, 2013
Sheldon Adelson’s Casino Company Stirs Fresh Questions With Admission It ‘Likely’ Broke Federal Law
Last week's admission by Sheldon Adelson's casino company that it had "likely" violated provisions of the federal law barring U.S. companies from bribing foreign officials raises some intriguing questions. Chief among them: Which transactions are at issue?
March 5, 2013
Mississippi Doctor's Autopsies at Center of Wrongful Conviction Filings
Four petitions have been filed arguing that the testimony of Mississippi forensic pathologist Dr. Steven Hayne led to wrongful convictions.
January 8, 2013
Facing a Second Trial, Ernie Lopez Takes Plea Deal
An Amarillo man whose conviction for sexually assaulting a child was reversed after experts questioned forensic evidence used against him, pleads guilty to a reduced charge.
January 4, 2013
Report: Pardon Attorney Misrepresented Facts to White House in Clarence Aaron Case
According to a new report from the DOJ inspector general, U.S. Pardon Attorney Ronald L. Rogers failed to accurately share key information in the case of Clarence Aaron, whose story we told in our 1999 film "Snitch."
December 18, 2012