The California Experiment June 6

California Voters Reject Prosecutor 'Reformers'

Candidates backed by Soros, others are still pressing ahead in other parts of the country.

By Abbie VanSickle and Maurice Chammah

The California Experiment May 23

Prosecutor Elections Now a Front Line in the Justice Wars

By Paige St. John and Abbie VanSickle

News May 1

How Prosecutor Reform Is Shaking Up Small DA Races

The goals of the effort are trickling down, even if the money isn’t.

By Joseph Neff

Case in Point April 2

What Victims Want

Did a prosecutor lie about whether the family of a murder victim wanted the death penalty?

By Maurice Chammah

Commentary March 13

Let’s Put an End to Prosecutorial Immunity

“The time has come to create some level of accountability for prosecutors.”

Frederic Block

News February 26

👀 👀 👀 the Prosecutors

Court Watch NYC is the latest local group monitoring the criminal justice system as it happens.

By Beth Schwartzapfel

Case in Point January 15

How Social Media Giants Side With Prosecutors in Criminal Cases

Why can’t the defense have access, too?

By Andrew Cohen

News November 8, 2017

New York Courts Say: Hand It Over

A new order reminds prosecutors to show their evidence.

By Beth Schwartzapfel

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

Commentary October 23, 2017

When Race Tips the Scales in Plea Bargaining

New research finds that prosecutors give white defendants better deals than black defendants.

Jenn Rolnick Borchetta and Alice Fontier

Life Inside September 28, 2017

The Hardest Phone Call a Prosecutor Has to Make

Law school doesn’t prepare you for delivering bad news to victims and their families.

By Jean Peters Baker

Case in Point June 12, 2017

The Man Who Spent 35 Years in Prison Without a Trial

The Jerry Hartfield case is an extraordinary tale of justice delayed and denied.

By Andrew Cohen

Feature June 6, 2017

Can This Marriage Be Saved?

Left and right came together on criminal justice reform. Then Trump happened.

By Justin George

Commentary May 30, 2017

The Problem with the Justice Department

It’s a building full of prosecutors.

Mark Osler

News May 11, 2017

Jury Clears the Prosecutor Who Sent Cameron Todd Willingham to Death Row

John Jackson did not commit misconduct in 1992 case, a jury finds.

By Maurice Possley

Commentary May 2, 2017

The Limits of Prosecutorial Power

There are criminal justice actors more powerful than prosecutors.

Jeffrey Bellin

Commentary April 17, 2017

Law Partners

A prosecutor on what his wife, a defense attorney, taught him about justice.

Jesse Weinstein

News March 20, 2017

Cops Win Another Round Pursuing the Prosecutor Who Pursued Them

A judge rules against Marilyn Mosby in the Freddie Gray case.

By Eli Hager

News March 16, 2017

A New Florida Prosecutor Says ‘No’ to the Death Penalty

But the tough-on-crime establishment fights back.

By Eli Hager

Analysis February 9, 2017

Everything You Think You Know About Mass Incarceration Is Wrong

Or at least misleading, says this contrarian scholar. Here’s why it matters.

By Eli Hager and Bill Keller

News January 25, 2017

Against the Trump Tide

Away from Washington, a new breed of prosecutors takes first steps.

By Eli Hager

Looking Back December 20, 2016

Homer and Harold

An extraordinary story of justice done, and what came after.

By Ken Armstrong

Crime on the Ballot November 9, 2016

These Prosecutors Campaigned for Less Jail Time — And Won

Reform-minded candidates unseat incumbents in some races.

By Maurice Chammah

Crime on the Ballot October 18, 2016

New Strategy for Justice Reform: Vote Out the DA

A battle in Tampa reflects a shift across the country.

By Maurice Chammah

Life Inside September 22, 2016

When a Former Domestic-Violence Prosecutor Realizes Her Relative is Being Abused

“My usual insights didn’t seem to apply. I didn’t know how to help her.”

By Deanna Paul

Life Inside July 21, 2016

My Life as a Black Prosecutor

“I’ve been called a persecutor and a sellout.”

By Melba Pearson

Case in Point July 18, 2016

Letting Prosecutors Write the Law

It’s more common than you think.

By Andrew Cohen

Case in Point June 19, 2016

The Death Penalty Case Where Prosecutors Wrote the Judge’s ‘Opinion’

Is that fair? The U.S. Supreme Court could soon decide.

By Andrew Cohen

Life Inside June 2, 2016

The Bogus Murder Confession That Changed How I Investigate Family Violence

A prosecutor on the case he’ll never forget.

By Staley Heatly

Analysis May 15, 2016

13 Important Questions About Criminal Justice We Can’t Answer

And the government can’t either.

By Tom Meagher

Life Inside April 7, 2016

A Prosecutor’s Regret: How I Got Someone Life in Prison for Drugs

“At the end of my life, I’d like to know that I wasn’t responsible for Lewis Clay spending his final days in prison.”

By John Lovell, as told to Alysia Santo

Commentary November 18, 2015

Five Things Wrong With Georgia’s Death Penalty

On the eve of the next execution, a look at the state’s history of bad lawyering and faulty evidence.

By Sara J. Totonchi

Life Inside October 27, 2015

Confessions of a Grand Juror

Ten days in a room with 22 other jurors. What could possibly go wrong?

By Caroline Grueskin

News September 22, 2015

Life Without Parole: For Juveniles, 5 Tough Counties

New study places a quarter of the sentences in a handful of urban areas.

By Beth Schwartzapfel

Commentary September 3, 2015

Obama’s Final 500 Days

People from across the political spectrum suggest criminal justice reforms the president should enact during his remaining time in office.

By Andrew Cohen

News August 18, 2015

A Second Jailhouse Snitch Claims a Secret Deal With Texas Prosecutor

Another death penalty case, another accusation of misconduct.

By Maurice Possley and Maurice Chammah

Feature June 24, 2015

The Surprisingly Imperfect Science of DNA Testing

How a proven tool may be anything but.

By Katie Worth

News March 18, 2015

Willingham Prosecutor Accused of Misconduct

State bar files charges more than 10 years after execution.

By Maurice Possley

Commentary March 16, 2015

The Gatekeepers

Four ways prosecutors can improve their decision-making.

By Brian Elderbroom and Lauren-Brooke Eisen

News March 5, 2015

Attica’s Prosecutors Show Their Hand

And defend their decision to play it safe.

By Tom Robbins

Commentary February 13, 2015

The Exoneration of Brandon Olebar

A prosecutor considers one his office got wrong.

By Mark Larson

Commentary December 26, 2014

Plea Bargaining and the Innocent

It’s up to judges to restore balance

By U.S. District Judge John L. Kane

Feature December 10, 2014

Our Jury Is In on “Serial”

The lawyers favor acquittal.

By Eli Hager

News November 26, 2014

Ferguson, Continued

What to read in the aftermath.

By Andrew Cohen

News November 25, 2014

Law and Disorder in Ferguson

10 must-reads from coverage of the decision, and the protests.

By Andrew Cohen

News November 24, 2014

Now Comes the Civil Suit

It's not over for Ferguson.

By Simone Weichselbaum