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Case in Point May 6

A Murder Case Unravels

Prosecutors stacked the deck. Forty-one years later, that may be enough to free Johnny Gates.

By Andrew Cohen

Commentary May 2

Too ‘Woke’ for the Jury Box?

How movement moments complicate jury selection.

By Todd Oppenheim

Commentary April 11

Police Brutality Drove a Wedge Between Me and My Church

“I still believe that the congregation has some of the nicest people I’ve ever met. Unfortunately, there were limits to that warmth that I could not abide.”

Anthony Fowler Jr.

Life Inside February 22

I Sent an Innocent Man to Prison

A juror’s regret.

By D'shean Kennedy as told to Maurice Chammah

Life Inside February 15

A Black Mother’s Survival Guide for Her Teenage Son

"The only right you have, I told him, is to make it home alive."

By Meredith Walker as told to Alysia Santo

Feature January 23

Taking Police Reform to Trump Country

Meet Sheriff Michael Chitwood, a Yankee cop in good-ol’-boy territory.

By Simone Weichselbaum

Feature January 22

Bad Boys

How “Cops” became the most polarizing reality TV show in America.

By Tim Stelloh

Justice Lab December 15, 2017

A Mass Incarceration Mystery

Why are black imprisonment rates going down? Four theories.

By Eli Hager

Commentary November 15, 2017

A ‘Routine’ Stop Almost Ended My Career Before It Started

Sometimes there’s danger in speaking out against perceived police misconduct.

Johnathan S. Perkins

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