criminal justice

Evidence of Police Dishonesty Leads to Overturned Convictions nationally

By |

Editor’s note: This story by Nancy West was sponsored by the Fund for Investigative Journalism and first published by VTDigger on July 19. West founded the New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism, which launched its news website InDepthNH.org on Sept. 1.
Maybe Debra Jean Milke masterminded the murder of her tow-haired son Christopher in Phoenix just befyore Christmas 1989 to collect the 4-year-old’s $5,000 life insurance policy.

Or maybe – as Milke has insisted all along – she was just the innocent victim of a corrupt cop with a proven pattern of lying who was out to win a conviction.

Feature

Marland on Trump

By |

Don’t miss Mike Marland’s latest cartoon strip The Beach at marlandcartoons.com.

Politics

The Battle for Superdelegates, This Time, It’s Not About Money

By |

Each candidate wants as many of these as possible in his or her corner; the superdelegate system explains why, for instance, Clinton came away from the New Hampshire primary with just one delegate fewer than Sanders, despite taking a 22-point drubbing.

Politics

Surprising New Numbers in the 2016 Presidential Race

By |

Raise money they have: Candidates and their allied groups have collectively spent more than $700 million so far competing in the 2016 White House race.