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Melissa Lucio, who has long brown hair and is wearing a white prison uniform, sits behind glass at a prison.
Death Sentences February 24, 2022
How Melissa Lucio Went From Abuse Survivor to Death Row
Why some trauma victims are more likely to take responsibility for crimes, even when they may be innocent.
By Maurice Chammah
News December 16, 2015
How We Reported ‘An Unbelievable Story of Rape’
A roundup of interviews and documents.
By Ken Armstrong and T. Christian Miller
Feature December 16, 2015
An Unbelievable Story of Rape
An 18-year-old said she was attacked at knifepoint. Then she said she made it up. That’s where our story begins.
By Ken Armstrong and T. Christian Miller
News June 8, 2015
The Possibly Coerced Confession at the Heart of the Bite Mark Case
Re-assessing a videotaped interrogation.
By Carl Stoffers
Davontae Sanford during a court appearance in Detroit in 2010.
News April 14, 2015
Two Confessions
One by a nervous kid. One by a self-styled hit man. A Detroit whodunnit.
By Andrew Cohen
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