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Feature January 18
The Volunteer
More than a year ago, Nevada death row prisoner Scott Dozier gave up his legal appeals and asked to be executed. He’s still waiting.
By Maurice Chammah
Feature November 6, 2017
Can Prosecutors Put the Same Gun in the Hands of More Than One Shooter?
They can, and they do.
By Ken Armstrong
Case in Point April 24, 2017
Is It Murder if There’s No Homicide?
The strange case of a convicted killer whose “victim” probably died of her own drug overdose.
By Andrew Cohen
Case in Point April 10, 2017
About the Gun-toting, One-legged Kentucky Woman Seeking Justice...
...and the detective she says cooked the case.
By Andrew Cohen
Life Inside March 23, 2017
Her Son Murdered, a Chicago Mother Waits for Answers
Two years later and no arrest. ‘Will it ever happen?’
By Cheryl Hayes as told to Justin George
Feature March 22, 2017
“Harmless Errors”
Eight young men and the murder story that sent them away for life
By Thomas Dybdahl
Life Inside January 5, 2017
‘Who Killed My Mom?’
A grandmother struggles to explain the unexplainable.
By Lisa Marino, as told to Eli Hager
Looking Back December 20, 2016
Homer and Harold
An extraordinary story of justice done, and what came after.
By Ken Armstrong
Case in Point November 14, 2016
When the Star Witness Recants
The evidence against Rodney Lincoln has evaporated, but the courts say he’s out of luck.
By Andrew Cohen
Life Inside September 8, 2016
The Night I Took a Life
“I can’t help but hate myself for what I did.”
By Jason Rodriguez
Feature June 28, 2016
The Day My Brother Took a Life and Changed Mine Forever
I grew up idolizing my brother. Then he killed a man.
By Issac Bailey
Analysis October 20, 2015
Why is a Man Serving Life for a Murder that Feds Say Someone Else Committed?
The unusual case of Lamont McKoy.
By Andrew Cohen
The Lowdown September 24, 2015
Charged With Murder Without Killing Anyone
The paradox of “felony murder” laws.
By Christie Thompson
Q&A April 2, 2015
Why Are American Cops So Bad at Catching Killers?
“Every year, more than 5,000 murderers walk free.”
By Tom Meagher
News February 25, 2015
American Sniper
A trial in Texas tests the limits of America’s sympathy for war-damaged vets.
By Maurice Chammah

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