Field trainers "are part of the old guard of the department. They teach the old way of doing things."
By Simone Weichselbaum
Feature
July 21
They Agreed to Meet Their Mother’s Killer. Then Tragedy Struck Again.
A Florida family opted for restorative justice over the death penalty for the man who murdered their mom. What happened next made them question the very meaning of justice.
By Eli Hager
Coronavirus
July 20
Your Zoom Interrogation Is About To Start
COVID-19 is changing how police question suspects and witnesses—for the better, some argue.
By Eli Hager
Life Inside
July 16
A Dispatch From Federal Death Row
Days before Daniel Lewis Lee became the first federal prisoner executed in 17 years, fellow death row resident Billie J. Allen wrote about the shared terror of wondering who’s next.
By Billie J. Allen
Coronavirus
July 16
Prison Populations Drop by 100,000 During Pandemic
But not because of COVID-19 releases.
By Damini Sharma, Weihua Li, Denise Lavoie AND Claudia Lauer