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N.R. Kleinfield

Crime

Broken Boys, Thieves, Killers, and Now Escapees

The truncated, violent lives of Richard Matt and David Sweat before their prison escape.

N.R. Kleinfield New York Times Jun 2015 10min Permalink

Crime

Review of 50 Brooklyn Murder Cases Ordered

During New York’s ’80s and ’90s crack epedemic, a flashy detective who “imagined himself a crusader who created his own rules” and his star witness, a crack addicted prostitute who seemed to constantly be at the scene of homicides, sent dozens of men to prison for life. Now, they are under investigation.

Frances Robles, N.R. Kleinfield New York Times May 2013 10min Permalink

Crime

A Dazzling Priest’s Lurid Fall, to Drug Case Suspect

On the Connecticut priest who dealt methamphetamine from his church and ran a sex ring from his apartment.

N.R. Kleinfield New York Times Feb 2013 10min Permalink