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Best Article Crime Politics

Kyle Rittenhouse, American Vigilante

After he killed two people in Kenosha, opportunists turned his case into a polarizing spectacle.

Paige Williams New Yorker Jun 2021 45min Permalink

Crime

Trolled

Lawyer Richard Luthmann was a Roger Stone-worshipping member of the Staten Island political scene. Then the fake Facebook posts began.

James D. Walsh New York Apr 2021 20min Permalink

History

The Class of RBG

The remarkable stories of the nine other women in the Harvard Law class of ‘59.

Dahlia Lithwick, Molly Olmstead Slate Jul 2020 40min Permalink

Crime

Devil's Advocate

On lawyer Alan Dershowitz.

Connie Bruck The New Yorker Jul 2019 30min Permalink

Crime

The Bad, Good Lawyer

David Boies argued Bush v. Gore all the way to the Supreme Court. He lost the case, but in the process gained another client: Harvey Weinstein.

Andrew Rice New York Oct 2018 40min Permalink

Gloria Allred's Crusade

A profile of the attorney.

Jia Tolentino New Yorker Sep 2017 35min Permalink

History

What the Last Nuremberg Prosecutor Alive Wants the World to Know

A conversation with 97-year-old Ben Ferencz.

Lesley Stahl 60 Minutes May 2017 10min Permalink

Crime Sex

The Attorney Fighting Revenge Porn

Carrie Goldberg is a pioneer in the field of sexual privacy, using the law to defend victims of hacking, leaking, and other online assaults.

Margaret Talbot New Yorker Nov 2016 35min Permalink

Best Article Crime

Framed

She was the Southern Californian PTA mom everyone knew. Who would want to harm her?

Christopher Goffard Los Angeles Times Aug 2016 1h15min Permalink

Crime

Education of a Jailhouse Lawyer

How Derrick Hamilton went from wrongfully convicted to legal scholar to free.

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Previously: Jennifer Gonnerman on the Longform Podcast

Jennifer Gonnerman New Yorker Jun 2016 30min Permalink

Business Crime

No Accident

After Brooke Melton died in a car crash, her parents approached attorney Lance Cooper to investigate. What he found in her 2005 Chevy Cobalt would lead to GM’s 30 million-vehicle recall.

Max Blau Atlanta Magazine Jan 2016 25min Permalink

Crime

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, The Boston Marathon Bomber, Has the Most Ferocious Lawyer in America Defending Him

A profile of Judy Clarke, the publicity-shy anti-death-penalty attorney, who has defended the Unabomber, Susan Smith, and Jared Loughner.

Mark Bowden Vanity Fair Mar 2005 25min Permalink

Crime

Defending Those Accused of Unthinkable Crimes

On the lawyers who defend Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Jared Loughner and Whitey Bulger.

Scott Helman Boston Globe Jan 2015 15min Permalink

Crime

Death by Deadline

How bad lawyering and an unforgiving law cost condemned men their last appeal.

Ken Armstrong The Marshall Project Nov 2014 20min Permalink

Crime

Why Innocent People Plead Guilty

A judge on the history and injustice of the plea bargain in America.

Jed S. Rakoff New York Review of Books Oct 2014 15min Permalink

The Hustler

No one argues before the Supreme Court more than Tommy Goldstein.

Noam Scheiber The New Republic Apr 2006 20min Permalink

Crime

The Baddest Lawyer in the History of Jersey

On the complete corruption of Paul Bergin, a federal attorney turned high-priced defense lawyer now awaiting trial on a host of charges.

If Paul is guilty of half the things they say, he’d be the craziest, most evil lawyer in the history of the State of New Jersey. That is saying something.

Mark Jacobson New York Jun 2011 20min Permalink