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Justices Won't Review Libel Ruling In Wynn Sex Assault Case
The Supreme Court will not review a challenge by Trump megadonor casino mogul Steve Wynn that aimed to overturn a core ruling on press...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 252 min read
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Local News Coverage Of Police Not More Polarized, Study Finds
High-profile incidents of police violence against Black citizens—most notably the 2020 murder of George Floyd—led to protests and...
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Mar 183 min read
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Wesley Lowery, Prominent Reporter on Policing, Quits Journalism Post
Wesley Lowery, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author, arrived on American University’s Washington, D.C., campus in...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 182 min read
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NY Police Chiefs Violated Social Media Policies With ‘Demeaning’ Posts, Monitor Finds
Two high-ranking New York City police chiefs violated department policy by attacking civil servants and journalists with “unprofessional”...
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Jan 292 min read
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More News Organizations Allow Readers To Delete Old Crime Stories
Civil rights advocates have long fought to free people from their criminal records , with campaigns to expunge old cases and keep...
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Jan 62 min read
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CO Man Attacked Reporter, Saying, 'This Is Trump's America Now'
A Colorado man is facing possible bias-motivated charges for attacking a television news reporter after demanding to know whether he was...
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Dec 28, 20241 min read
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Ozy Media Co-Founder Sentenced 10 Years in Financial Conspiracy Case
Former talk show host Carlos Watson was sentenced on Monday to nearly 10 years in prison in a federal financial conspiracy case that cast...
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Dec 17, 20242 min read
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ABC, Stephanopoulos To Pay Trump $15M For False Statement On Rape
ABC News and anchor George Stephanopoulos agreed to pay $15 million to a foundation and museum to be established by Donald Trump as part...
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Dec 16, 20241 min read
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States Expand Restrictions On Media Access To Executions
Many states now significantly restrict whether and how members of the press may observe and document the execution process, a survey by...
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Nov 27, 20241 min read
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How True Crime Entertainment May Have Real-Life Impact
In 1989, Americans were riveted by the shotgun murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez in their Beverly Hills mansion by their own children....
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Nov 4, 20243 min read
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Can True Crime Media Coverage Influence Case Outcomes?
The case of the Menendez brothers shows how popular true crime content that reinvestigates elements of real criminal cases in...
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Oct 28, 20242 min read
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Judicial Panel Recommends Keeping Ban On Broadcasting Federal Criminal Proceedings
A U.S. judicial panel tasked with re-examining whether to keep in place the ban against TV or audio broadcasts of federal criminal...
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Oct 23, 20242 min read
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NY Times, ProPublica Say Grisham Book Needs Better Attribution
Author John Grisham has written a nonfiction collection about wrongful convictions, but the New York Times and ProPublica say Grisham...
Crime and Justice News
Oct 19, 20242 min read
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Ex-Las Vegas Official Gets 28-Year Term For Killing Reporter
A former Las Vegas official was sentenced to serve at least 28 years in prison for killing an investigative journalist who wrote...
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Oct 17, 20241 min read
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Texas Citizen Journalist Wins New Chance To Challenge Conviction
The Supreme Court told a federal appeals court to take a new look at whether a citizen journalist in Texas can sue officials over her...
Crime and Justice News
Oct 17, 20242 min read
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DOJ, PERF Issue Best Practices On Police-Press Dealings At Protests
The U.S. Department of Justice and the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) released a first-of-its kind set of best practices for...
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Oct 7, 20241 min read
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David Burnham Dies; 'Serpico' Reporter, Head Of Data Group TRAC
David Burnham, a former investigative reporter for The New York Times whose exposé of corruption in the New York Police Department in...
Crime and Justice News
Oct 7, 20242 min read
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Conservative Media Bury Or Ignore FBI Release On Crime Report Fall
This week's release of FBI data showing that crime reports in the U.S. dropped last year came just weeks before a high-stakes...
Crime and Justice News
Sep 26, 20242 min read
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Famed AP Court Reporter Linda Deutsch Dies At 80
Linda Deutsch, who for nearly 50 years covered some of the nation’s most significant criminal and civil trials — Charles Manson, O.J....
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Sep 2, 20242 min read
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Former Official Convicted of Murder in Stabbing of Las Vegas Reporter
A former Nevada county official was found guilty of first-degree murder for killing Las Vegas investigative reporter Jeff German nearly...
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Aug 29, 20242 min read
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