Media
What Does the Return of ‘Cops’ Mean and Who Is It For?
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In an op-ed, Charles Bramesco argues that the return of the show to the Fox News empire provides a safe space “for the increasingly obsolete school of thought it represents.”
Media
The Media and the ‘Right to be Forgotten’
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At least 11 states now have automatic record expungement laws, but stories of arrests and even mugshots last forever on the internet―unless media outlets and criminal justice advocates can agree on consistent policies.
National Security
It’s Time to Halt Post-9/11 Anti-Terror Sting Operations, Say Critics
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After 9/11, the FBI’s change from a crime-investigating organization to an intelligence-gathering agency was accompanied by an increased use of sting operations. A new PBS documentary focuses on one operation in Miami that revealed the often-questionable grounds for such operations, and the abuses they fostered.
Social Media
Maryland Authorities Granted Access to Digital and Social Media Apps
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Authorities were able to track and prosecute a suspected drug trafficker using existing laws to access communications online.
Media
AG Garland Prohibits Prosecutors From Seizing Journalist’s Records
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In the wake of public outcry over the Justice Department’s actions under Trump, Garland decides to protect journalist records, with some exceptions.
Mass Shootings
Capital Gazette Killer is Sane, Court Rules
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Three years after his rampage at the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis, Md., which took five lives, Jarrod Ramos has been found mentally competent. The court denial of his insanity plea means he will likely spend his life in prison or a maximum-security psychiatric hospital.
Media
Criminal Records on the News Have Long-Term Economic Effects
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A person’s criminal record can be broadcast by newsrooms nationwide, resulting in serious personal and economic fallout.
Media
Media ‘Sensationalism’ Drives Support for Long Sentences: Report
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A new report released by The Sentencing Project asserts the media often ignores the fact that individuals convicted of violent crimes were less likely to get rearrested for the same offense after release, and that serving multiple decades in prison isn’t an effective way to decrease violent crimes.
Media
‘Cheap Clicks’: How the Media ‘Stigmatizes’ Suspects
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Recent decisions by some media outlets to shield the names of those arrested for misdemeanors raises questions about the media’s longtime reliance on crime news, much of it sensational, writes Jack Shafer, senior media writer for Politico.
Media
Associated Press to Stop Naming Minor Crime Suspects
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Acknowledging that the release of individuals’ identities in stories of arrest that command only a brief amount of attention can cause irreparable harm, the news organization vows to change its practices.