Criminal Justice

Last week, we published STERILIZED, Reporter Jess Engebretson’s disturbing story of Rose Brooks and Lewis Reynolds, two of more than 60,000 men and women forcibly sterilized in the United States by doctors working in state…

Juggalos – Transcript

by Kirsten Jusewicz-Haidle

February 23, 2016

Groupies have always been a part of the music scene. The Grateful Dead and the Deadheads. Beatles and Beatlemania. Juggalos like music called horrorcore rap and the main group they follow is the Insane Clown…

Overruled – Transcript

by Ashley Cleek

January 15, 2016

When you get that notice in the mail for jury duty, it’s can be annoying. How are you going to fit it in? But juries are important — they’re democracy in action… twelve men and…

Feature Episode 74

Overruled

by Ashley Cleek

January 12, 2016

In the United States, juries are often seen as democracy in action. Twelve men and women are asked to hear an entire case, and ultimately, decide another person’s fate. But in Alabama, in capital murder…

Feature Episode 73

A whole ‘nother world… Live @ San Quentin

by Nancy Mullane

December 25, 2015

On Saturday night, Dec 5, 2015 more than 200 people filled the pews of the Catholic chapel inside San Quentin State Prison for a first-ever uncensored storytelling event behind the prison walls. Together, inmates and…

Feature Episode 72

Outside the Walls

by Troy Williams

December 15, 2015

“I didn’t go to prison because I was a saint. I went to prison because of my lifestyle. Since the age of 13 I was a gangbanger, and did what gangbangers do. I’m 49 years…

Feature Episode 70

Live Law Brooklyn – Truth or Dare

by Life of the Law

November 17, 2015

Truth or dare. When was the last time you played the game? We all have stories of playing the game in high school. Maybe it was a Saturday night, and you sat around asking each other…

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Bit of an Edge

by Ashley Cleek

November 3, 2015

Jury Duty. It’s one of the pillars of our democratic society. If you are charged with a crime, a jury of your peers will determine your innocence or your guilt. But who selects the jurors?…

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The Stop

by Ashley Cleek

October 6, 2015

To train police officers how to conduct a traffic stop, academies across the country show recruits videos of officers being attacked and even murdered at traffic stops. Like this one: “Hi. Dave Smith of Police…

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Who’s the Criminal?

by Nicole Pasulka

September 22, 2015

We all commit little crimes all the time. We speed. We jaywalk. We drive home a little tipsy. And think back to your teenage years—did you ever shoplift?Get into a fight? Have a drink before…