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An ‘Execute-Them-At-Any-Cost Mentality’: The Supreme Court’s New, Bloodthirsty Era
The death penalty survived decades of decline. Now it’s back, thanks to capital punishment-prone prosecutors and a compliant Supreme Court.
Though they once applauded the jail’s federal reforms, community groups and political leaders in New Orleans oppose a key mandate: the construction of a $109 million mental health jail.
This Cop Unleashed A Reign Of Terror, Say The Wrongfully Accused
For years, people in Raleigh were arrested for heroin possession—without having the drug. Now, they’re demanding answers
Deaths, Use of Solitary Soar At The Allegheny County Jail Even As Its Population Has Dropped From Pre-Pandemic Highs.
Last year, Gerald Thomas was sent to the Allegheny County Jail after charges against him were dropped, and died inside 17 days later. The judge who berated him is now facing a federal lawsuit.
A Cop Sexually Assaulted Their Son. Then Child Protective Services Retaliated.
How a family in Missouri almost lost their kid, and couldn't fight back thanks to qualified immunity laws.
Why Are So Few Being Released?
They were sentenced to long prison terms for crimes they committed in their teens. But North Carolina opened a potential door to get them out.
Celeb Prosecutor's Own Kidnapping Is Now A True Crime Fiasco
She survived a brutal kidnapping and attempted rape—and wrote a book about it. But did it happen the way she says?
The Quiet Political Rise of David Sacks, Silicon Valley’s Prophet of Urban Doom
Like his pals Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, Sacks is using his wealth and online clout to unite conservatives and former leftists in a reactionary movement against liberalism.
The NYPD Brutalized Protesters in 2020. Will It Face a Reckoning?
This story was produced in partnership with New York Magazine. On June 4, 2020, hundreds of protesters marched through the Mott Haven neighborhood of the South Bronx, trailed by a large deployment of...
‘We don't know how many women are out there like that’
Anna Borkowski accused three men of rape. Why did prosecutors stop her?
How Texas Became the Most Virulently Anti-Trans State in America
Governor Greg Abbott’s notorious order to investigate gender-affirming care as child abuse was years in the making.
David Simon Made Baltimore Detectives Famous. Now Their Cases Are Falling Apart.
Has reality caught up to the “Murder Police”?
She Was Open To Her Child Being Trans. Then The State Separated Them.
Is the case of Katee Churchill just the beginning?
The state’s appellate courts could give new trials to two Black men who claim prosecutors discriminated against potential jurors.
In 1992, thousands of furious, drunken cops descended on City Hall — and changed New York history.