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Ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio Sues NY Times for Libel
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Arpaio claims an opinion piece by Michelle Cottle includes “false, defamatory factual assertions” that will hurt his 2020 campaign for the late Sen. John McCain’s seat.
Media
New ‘Serial’ Series Enters Saturated True-Crime Field
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Will the podcast’s newest endeavor be heard above the noise? “There are a lot of reporters, there are a lot of researchers, there are a lot of people who have been banging this drum for a while, wanting to talk about the criminal justice system,” co-creator Julie Snyder says.
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Does ‘Rape Culture’ in the Media Fuel a Permissive Climate for Sex Crimes?
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Biased or unsympathetic press treatment of victims is a good predictor of a high incidence of rape, according to researchers who analyzed coverage of 310,000 cases between 2000 and 2013. It also influences police to make fewer arrests , they claimed.
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Cleveland Paper Deletes Names When Judge Seals Record
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The Cleveland Plain Dealer is expanding its “right-to-be-forgotten” experiment, in which it has removed the names of five people from stories on its cleveland.com website about minor crimes they committed. “People should not have to pay for a mistake for the rest of their lives,” says Editor Chris Quinn.
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Texas Justice Reporter Ward Quits Over Sources
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Mike Ward, Austin, Tx., bureau chief of the Houston Chronicle, many of whose criminal justice stories have been linked in The Crime Report , has resigned after some of his sources were questioned.
Media
‘Serial’ Focuses on ‘Ordinary Cases’ in Cleveland
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The third season of the popular “Serial” podcast will take on the criminal justice system through episodes that examine everyday court cases in Cleveland when it launches this month. Host Sarah Koenig says the criminal justice system can’t be understood by analyzing just one extraordinary case.
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CA Man Out on Bond After Threats to Boston Globe
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Federal agents arrested Robert Chain, 68, at his home Thursday morning and confiscated over 20 firearms – including a shotgun behind the front door and handguns stuffed in sock drawers. Chain allegedly made 14 threatening phone calls to the newspaper after it condemned President Trump’s attacks on the press.
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Denver Police Detained Editor For Taking Photos
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Newly released police body camera footage shows two Denver officers told Colorado Independent editor Susan Greene to “act like a lady” as they handcuffed and detained her for attempting to photograph them as they responded to a call on a public sidewalk.
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Criminologist Cites Paper for ‘Outrageous’ Story on Shooter
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Adam Lankford of the University of Alabama says the Washington Post should not have published a “classic celebrity profile” of a Baltimore man who opened fire at a tournament in Jacksonville, Fl., before killing himself.
Reforming the System
Solving America’s Rural Jail Crisis, One Jail at a Time
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In North Carolina’s Durham County, reforms have begun by simply making better pre-trial services available, according to an investigative report by the Smoky Mountain News.