He Beat Her Repeatedly. Family Court Tried to Give Him Joint Custody of Their Children.
Shared parenting is usually better for children—but the model fails for many women forced to co-parent with their abusers.
Shared parenting is usually better for children—but the model fails for many women forced to co-parent with their abusers.
Megan O’Matz ProPublica Sep 2021 25min Permalink
In the past dozen years, state and local judges have repeatedly escaped public accountability for misdeeds that have victimized thousands. Nine of 10 kept their jobs, a Reuters investigation found – including an Alabama judge who unlawfully jailed hundreds of poor people, many of them Black, over traffic fines.
Michael Berens, John Shiffman Reuters Jun 2020 30min Permalink
The disgraced movie mogul finally faces his day in court. But as his accusers know best, there might not be a Hollywood ending.
Irin Carmon The Cut Jan 2020 25min Permalink
When a brain injury leads to a personality change and then prison time, a neuroscientist wonders if his brother could have been saved.
Tim Requarth Longreads Oct 2019 Permalink
The story of a lifelong addict and an unlikely friendship.
Matthew Van Meter The New Republic Jun 2019 30min Permalink
In dozens of criminal trials, prosecutors have put the same gun in the hands of more than one defendant.
Ken Armstrong New Yorker Nov 2017 20min Permalink