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Analysis September 12

Subway Policing in New York City Still Has A Race Problem

As the NYPD slows arrests for fare evasion, neighborhoods of color remain a target.

By Anna Flagg and Ashley Nerbovig

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