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Courts

He Beat Her Repeatedly. Family Court Tried to Give Him Joint Custody of Their Children.

Shared parenting is usually better for children—but the model fails for many women forced to co-parent with their abusers.

Megan O’Matz ProPublica Sep 2021 25min Permalink

Crime

Objections Overruled: Thousands of U.S. judges who broke laws or oaths remained on the bench

In the past dozen years, state and local judges have repeatedly escaped public accountability for misdeeds that have victimized thousands. Nine of 10 kept their jobs, a Reuters investigation found – including an Alabama judge who unlawfully jailed hundreds of poor people, many of them Black, over traffic fines.

Michael Berens, John Shiffman Reuters Jun 2020 30min Permalink

Crime

100 Women vs. Harvey Weinstein

The disgraced movie mogul finally faces his day in court. But as his accusers know best, there might not be a Hollywood ending.

Irin Carmon The Cut Jan 2020 25min Permalink

Crime Science

The Final Five Percent

When a brain injury leads to a personality change and then prison time, a neuroscientist wonders if his brother could have been saved.

Tim Requarth Longreads Oct 2019 Permalink

Crime

The Judge and the Three-Strikes Convict

The story of a lifelong addict and an unlikely friendship.

Matthew Van Meter The New Republic Jun 2019 30min Permalink

Crime

Two Murder Convictions for One Fatal Shot

In dozens of criminal trials, prosecutors have put the same gun in the hands of more than one defendant.

Ken Armstrong New Yorker Nov 2017 20min Permalink