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The former Manhattan sex crimes prosecutor says she was falsely portrayed as a “racist, unethical villain” in Ava DuVernay’s widely seen documentary about the Central Park Five case.
The complex challenges of U.S. corrections rarely enter the public debate, and legislators and practitioners contemplating changes are hampered by simplistic rhetoric. In an effort to reinforce evidence-based coverage, The Crime Report has published an updated “handbook” for journalists that may prove equally useful for advocates and practitioners.
In an apparent effort to tamp down on leaks, the New York Police Department subpoenaed a New York Post reporter’s Twitter data, citing a post-9/11 anti-terrorism law to try to force the tech company to comply.
The San Francisco Chronicle says it has received threats over its request for public records on concealed weapons permits, after a sheriff’s letters and a Facebook post notified all of the gun owners in his county.
“Police on these shows are constantly doing bad things but are either being rewarded or are able to give a speech about why they had to do it,” says Rashad Robinson of Color of Change.
The Washington Post says journalist Felicia Sonmez’ tweets about rape charges against the late Kobe Bryant were “ill-timed,” but Somnez was not disciplined.
The Washington Post suspended a reporter who tweeted a link to a news story about rape allegations against the late basketball star Kobe Bryant after his death on Sunday, saying “her tweets displayed poor judgment that undermined the work of her colleagues.” The newsroom union protested the suspension.
The 15th annual awards, the nation’s most prestigious prizes for justice journalism, went to Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken of CNN for their exposé of privatized prison health care, and Kyle Hopkins of the Anchorage Daily News for his series examining the plight of indigenous Alaskans living with no police protection. John Jay President Karol Mason also announced 26 journalists have been chosen as John Jay justice reporting fellows for this year.
Social media posters took strong exception to an op-ed promoted by USA Today which called it “terrifying” that at least six parishioners were armed when a gunman opened fire during a service.
Graham was the first co-anchor of Court TV in 1991. His best-known coverage involved the trial and acquittal of O.J. Simpson for killing his former wife and her friend.