I Wrote About His Wrongful Conviction. He Got Only 13 Years of Freedom Before Cancer Took His Life. Megan Rose, ProPublicaFor years, I followed the case of Fred Steese, who spent 21 years in prison for a murder...
A Secret Survey From Inside a Women’s Prison Tells Stories of Domestic Abuse Untold in Court Pamela Colloff, ProPublicaOne incarcerated woman set out to understand how many others at Oklahoma’s Mabel Bassett Correctional Center had cases...
Louisiana Supreme Court Frees Death Row Prisoner, Calling Evidence Against Him “Scientifically Indefensible” Richard A. Webster, ProPublica & Verite NewsThe decision affirms a lower court’s ruling nullifying Jimmie “Chris” Duncan’s 1998 first-degree murder conviction. Duncan was convicted...
“Catch the Devil”: Pamela Colloff’s Masterful Debut Kim GreenA storied criminal justice reporter’s first book tracks how a serial liar conned the courts — and sent...
Review: “Death Row Welcomes You,” by Steven Hale Chapter16.orgA Revolving Door of Death: Steven Hale lays bare the humanity of those condemned on Tennessee’s death row....
Review & Interview: “Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System” Sarah DattaM. Chris Fabricant, an Innocence Project attorney, has written a damning indictment of how bite mark evidence and...
One Mississippi, Two Sophia LaurenziI can’t forget my client’s final phone call. Thirty-six hours after my client was executed, I drove along...
The Gladiator Steve MorrowA criminal defense investigator faces better-armed opponents and long odds. But in time, he learns to wield new weapons on behalf of his clients. Read More
