Portland’s first female chief, Penny Harrington, recalls the steep climb to the top.

Every law student knows John Brady’s name. But few know the story of the bumbling murder that ended in a landmark legal ruling.

How the most notorious gangster of all got railroaded in Philadelphia.

How a landmark report on the 1960s race riots fell short on police reform

Reliving the infamous Attica prison revolt and the bloody siege, minute-by-minute, in the social media age

On criminal justice, Abner Mikva was about 20 years early.

And he played drums in a prison band.

The budding mogul had a soft spot (but a short memory) for wiseguys.

To commemorate the anniversary of his death, we rounded up some of the best reporting and commentaries on that night in Florida, George Zimmerman’s trial and what came next.