To read the transcript of Erin Hunter’s trial, which runs all of 81 pages and can be digested in half an hour, is to encounter a disregard for human dignity instrumental in producing the most sprawling system of incarceration in the world.
Match Group, which owns most major online dating services, screens for sexual predators on Match—but not on Tinder, OkCupid or Plenty of Fish. A spokesperson said, “There are definitely registered sex offenders on our free products.”
A group of volunteers is helping incarcerated people negotiate a system that is all but broken.
How a Sacramento Kings executive stole more than $13 million from the team—and almost got away with it.
How two interior decorators took the fall for the Cali Cartel.
Florida lawmakers agreed the state’s old drug sentencing laws went too far. But that means nothing to people serving time.
Gun violence, high school football and what coaches are doing to keep their players safe
Jerold Haas was on the brink of blockchain riches. Then his body was found in the woods of southern Ohio.
Whenever the black dress came out, Jessica Weisman’s mother knew she was “going after the Jewish people again.”
With its cheap geothermal energy and low crime rate, Iceland has become the world’s leading miner of digital currency. Then the crypto-crooks showed up.
The many lives of imposter Frédéric Bourdin.
When a longtime resident started stealing her neighbors’ Amazon packages, she entered a vortex of smart cameras, Nextdoor rants, and cellphone surveillance.
A modern-day treasure hunt.
While searching for the person who grifted me in Chicago, I discovered just how easy it is for users of the short-term rental platform to get exploited.
In 2003, a man robbed a bank with a bomb around his neck. It exploded shortly thereafter, taking his life and leaving authorities to try to figure out who had put it there.
A charming assistant funeral home director named Bernie Tiede murders a wealthy widow, keeps her in a freezer for months, finally gets caught, and still has the town's sympathy as his case goes to trial. The story that became Richard Linklater's Bernie.
On the global money laundering conspiracy Liberty Reserve.
They’re supposed to safeguard pretrial detainees. But America’s oldest law enforcement agency is suffering from a massive dereliction of duty.
Hundreds of pages of documents obtained by Motherboard show how Facebook is using the Menlo Park Police Department to reshape the city.
Inside a Danish homicide investigation.
When a brain injury leads to a personality change and then prison time, a neuroscientist wonders if his brother could have been saved.
Customer feedback on the New York City coke dealing industry.
The true tale of a bodybuilder turned social media influencer who built an illicit empire.
Fentanyl is quickly becoming America’s deadliest drug. But law enforcement couldn’t trace it to its source—until one teenager overdosed in North Dakota.
How Aja Newman’s trip to the emergency room uncovered the abusive behavior of “rock star” physician David Newman, who ultimately pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual abuse against his patients.
