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2024-08-17 17:01:34

Twenty years after Russell Maze was convicted of killing his infant son, attorneys in the conviction-review unit in the Nashville DA’s office reviewed his case and concluded that Maze was actually innocent.
But would that be enough to overturn his conviction?
#news #law #video #criminaljustice #courts #cops #nashville
https://youtu.be/P9lvvh85OFs?feature=shared

2024-05-23 16:07:17

A New Mexico judge has lifted a temporary order that had stopped the city of Albuquerque from throwing away the possessions of homeless people without providing notice and an offer to store their belongings.
https://www.propublica.org/article/judge-lifts-order-albuquerque-homeless-encampments

2024-04-21 20:02:07

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Last week, we revealed that Blinken had, for months, been sitting on recommendations from a special State Dept. panel that the US bring sanctions against certain Israeli units linked to a variety of abuses:
https://www.propublica.org/article/israel-gaza-blinken-leahy-sanctions-human-rights-violations

2024-04-21 20:01:45

#Netanyahu Resists U.S. Plan to Bring Sanctions Against Israeli #Military Unit
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After months of inaction, Secretary of State Antony #Blinken is poised to bar U.S. aid to an #Israeli unit accused of human rights abuses.
#News #Israel #Gaza #War #Palestine #HumanRights #Law
https://www.propublica.org/article/netanyahu-resists-blinken-plan-sanction-against-israeli-military-unit

2024-02-02 19:59:43

Senator Pushes #Museums to Return “Stolen” Native American Remains and Belongings
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In a #Senate floor speech that centered America’s colonial history, Brian Schatz said institutions have a moral obligation to comply with federal #repatriation law. He demanded urgent action.
#NativeAmerican #NAGPRA #News
https://www.propublica.org/article/senator-schatz-museums-native-american-remains-belongings?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2024-01-26 15:18:27

21 Bodycam Videos Caught the #NYPD Wrongly Arresting Black Kids on Halloween. Why Can’t the Public See the Footage?
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ProPublica editor-at-large Eric Umansky started investigating #police oversight after an NYPD officer hit a teenager with a car in 2019.
In the years since, he’s learned how police departments have undermined the promise of body-worn cameras.
#News #Cops #NYC #NewYork #CriminalJustice
https://www.propublica.org/article/police-body-worn-cameras-no-transparency?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2023-11-17 17:05:41

Wisconsin’s Legislative #Maps Are Bizarre, but Are They Illegal?
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Wisconsin’s #gerrymandering case has garnered national attention. But a little-explored aspect of the suit — the pervasive presence of “Swiss cheese” districts (see some examples below) — could have huge ramifications for the outcome.
#Wisconsin #Elections #Voting #Politics #News #Cheese #SwissCheese
https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-legislative-maps-bizarre-are-they-illegal?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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2023-11-16 13:19:24

Health Insurers Have Been Breaking State Laws for Years
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States have passed hundreds of laws to protect people from wrongful #insurance denials.
Yet from emergency services to fertility preservation, #insurers still say no.
#Health #HealthCare #HealthInsurance #Legal #Court #CriminalJustice #Crime #Politics #News #Patients #Doctors #Hospitals
https://www.propublica.org/article/health-insurance-denials-breaking-state-laws?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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2023-11-15 11:54:13

#Insurance Executives Refused to Pay for the #Cancer Treatment That Could Have Saved Him.
This Is How They Did It.
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A #Michigan law requires coverage of cancer drugs. One insurer came up with a “defensible” way to avoid paying for treatments that offered Forrest VanPatten his last chance for survival.
“We crossed the line,” says a former executive.
#Health #HealthCare #Patients #Doctors #HealthInsurance
https://www.propublica.org/article/priority-health-michigan-cart-insurance-vanpatten-denials?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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2023-11-13 17:19:08

#Mississippi Jailed More Than 800 People Awaiting #Psychiatric Treatment in a Year.
Just One #Jail Meets State Standards.
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Counties in Mississippi are allowed to hold people awaiting court-ordered psychiatric treatment in jails only if the facilities meet safety and health standards, but there’s no funding to help them comply and no penalties if they don’t.
#MentalHealth #Health #CriminalJustice #Courts #Patients #News
https://www.propublica.org/article/mississippi-jails-where-people-await-psychiatric-treatment-must-meet-standards-just-one-does?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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2023-11-07 14:11:24

Big #Insurance Met Its Match When It Turned Down a Top Trial Lawyer’s Request for #Cancer Treatment
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield denied payment for the proton therapy Robert “Skeeter” Salim’s doctor ordered to fight his throat cancer.
But he was no ordinary #patient. He was a celebrated litigator.
And he was ready to fight.
#Health #HealthCare #BCBS #HealthInsurance #Patients #Doctors #News #Louisiana #Texas #Lawyers #Lawyer
https://www.propublica.org/article/blue-cross-proton-therapy-cancer-lawyer-denial?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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2023-10-18 10:55:33

The GOP’s Secret to Protecting Gerrymandered Electoral Maps? Claim Privilege.
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Through new and expansive assertions of privilege, #Republican legislatures around the country are shielding their work on allegedly discriminatory #voting maps to prevent the public from finding out how and why they made their decisions.
#Elections #Texas #Florida #GOP #Redistricting #Gerrymandering #Politics #News
https://www.propublica.org/article/electoral-maps-gerrymandering-texas-voting-elections-privilege?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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2023-10-03 15:35:30

#Idaho Banned #Abortion. Then It Turned Down Supports for Pregnancies and Births.
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Since the #SupremeCourt overturned Roe v. Wade last year, the state’s GOP-led Legislature has disbanded a maternal mortality committee, failed to expand postpartum #Medicaid coverage and turned down federal grants for child care.
#Health #Healthcare #Pregnancy #Parents #Babies #Birth #News
https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-banned-abortion-support-pregnancies-families?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2023-09-07 11:20:44

The Inside Story of How the Navy Spent Billions on the “Little Crappy Ship”
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Littoral combat #ships were supposed to launch the #Navy into the future. Instead they broke down across the globe and many of their #weapons never worked.
Now the Navy is getting rid of them. One is less than five years old.
#Military #DefenseSpending #Pentagon #LCS #News
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-navy-spent-billions-littoral-combat-ship?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2023-09-05 13:15:23

Why Did #Texas AG Ken Paxton Refuse to Represent State Agencies Dozens of Times?
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Records obtained by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune give deeper insight into how Paxton’s representation denials often pushed agencies to look for outside legal counsel that was ultimately funded by #taxpayers.
#KenPaxton #News
https://www.propublica.org/article/documents-reveal-ken-paxton-denial-record-state-agencies?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2023-08-31 14:26:36

How Health Insurers Have Made Appealing Denials So Complicated
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"I spoke with more than 50 insurance experts, patients, lawyers, physicians and consumer advocates about building a tool anyone could use to navigate insurance appeals.
"Nearly everyone said the same thing: Great idea. But almost impossible to do."
#Insurance #HealthCare #Health Hospitals #Patients #Doctors #Medicare #Medicaid
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-appeal-insurance-denials-too-complicated?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2023-08-28 13:40:24

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Read our previous reporting on how Kriv repeatedly dodged traffic tickets by blaming his "girlfriend":
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-chicago-cop-got-out-of-44-traffic-tickets

2023-08-28 13:39:02

A Chicago #Cop Is Accused of Lying Under Oath 44 Times. Now #Prosecutors Are Dropping Cases That Relied on His Testimony.
Former #Chicago officer Jeffrey Kriv faces charges for #perjury and #forgery after getting out of dozens of #traffic violations by claiming his girlfriend had stolen his car.
Now, cases that stem from #arrests Kriv made are in jeopardy.
#Police #Illinois #CriminalJustice #Crime #Courts #News
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-officer-kriv-perjury-prosecutors-dropped-criminal-cases?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2023-08-22 13:32:17

127,000 #NewYork Workers Have Been Victims of #WageTheft
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An analysis of federal and state databases sheds new light on the prevalence and scale of wage theft in New York #restaurants and other industries, placing the total wages stolen in one five-year period at more than $203 million.
#Theft #Jobs #Wages #Working #Labor #HumanRights #CriminalJustice #Employers #Employees #Crime #News
https://www.propublica.org/article/thousands-of-new-york-workers-have-been-victims-of-wage-theft?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2023-08-10 17:53:34

Years After Being Ticketed at School for a Theft She Said Never Happened, Former Student Prevails in Court
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Amara Harris declined plea deals and ultimately won a legal fight that dates back to 2019.
#Illinois #CriminalJustice #Naperville #Airpods #Schools #Students #Police #Crime #Courts #Teachers #News #Verdict #Teens #Parents
https://www.propublica.org/article/school-ticketing-naperville-illinois-airpods-amara-harris-verdict?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2023-08-10 09:58:14

Clarence Thomas’ 38 Vacations: The Other Billionaires Who Have Treated the #SupremeCourt Justice to Luxury Travel
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The fullest accounting yet shows how Thomas has secretly reaped the benefits from a network of wealthy and well-connected patrons that is far more extensive than previously understood.
#SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #News
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-other-billionaires-sokol-huizenga-novelly-supreme-court?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2023-08-09 11:14:24

Unstoppable: This Doctor Has Been Investigated at Every Level of Government.
How Is He Still Practicing?
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Medical boards, a health department and even federal investigators have scrutinized Dr. James McGuckin’s vascular clinics.
Today he still practices, despite a decade-long string of sanctions, fines and lawsuits.
#Health #HealthCare #Doctors #Hospitals #Patients #Insurance #Medicare #DOJ #Pennsylvania #News #McGuckin
https://www.propublica.org/article/pennsylvania-doctor-investigated-at-every-level-why-is-he-still-practicing?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2023-08-04 10:28:28

EPA Approved a Fuel Ingredient Even Though It Could Cause #Cancer in Virtually Every Person Exposed Over a Lifetime
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An #EPA document shows that a new #Chevron #fuel ingredient has a lifetime cancer risk more than 1 million times higher than what the agency usually finds acceptable — even greater than another Chevron fuel’s sky-high risk disclosed earlier this year.
#Chemicals #Plastic #Plastics #Biofuels #Mississippi #News
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-approved-chevron-fuel-ingredient-cancer-risk-plastics-biofuel?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2023-07-28 17:50:21

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If she continued the pregnancy, she was in serious danger of losing her bladder, her uterus and her life.
The #Tennessee abortion ban forced her to choose between sacrificing her #fertility or risking her life.
Now, she can never have #children again.
Read the full story here:
https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-abortion-ban-doctors-ectopic-pregnancy

2023-07-28 17:49:13

This is what it looks like to have a life-threatening pregnancy in a state with an #abortion ban.
Mayron was not even 10 weeks pregnant when her OB-GYN knew something was wrong.
She had an ectopic #pregnancy implanted in scar tissue from a previous #cesarean section.
https://www.tiktok.com/@propublica/video/7260919585489128747?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=6963766258878039558

2023-07-17 09:50:35

NEW: How Harlan Crow Slashed his Tax Bill by Taking Clarence Thomas on Superyacht Cruises
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In lavishing gifts on the #SupremeCourt justice, the billionaire #GOP donor may have violated #tax laws, according to tax experts.
#HarlanCrow #ClarenceThomas #SCOTUS #Taxes #News
https://www.propublica.org/article/harlan-crow-slashed-tax-bill-clarence-thomas-superyacht?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2023-06-21 03:59:17

Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court
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In the years after the undisclosed trip to #Alaska, #Republican megadonor Paul Singer’s hedge fund has repeatedly had business before the Supreme Court. #Alito has never recused himself.
#SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #PaulSinger
https://www.propublica.org/article/samuel-alito-luxury-fishing-trip-paul-singer-scotus-supreme-court?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2023-05-11 11:12:34

Video Showed an Officer Trying to Stop His Partner From Killing a Man.
Now We Know Police Investigators Never Even Asked About the Footage.
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We obtained the NYPD’s full investigation into the killing of Kawaski Trawick, including documents and audio of interviews with the officers.
The records provide a rare window into how exactly a police department examines its own after a shooting.
#NYPD #NYC #Police #Shooting #Transparency #CriminalJustice
https://www.propublica.org/article/nypd-kawaski-trawick-killing-investigation-questions?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post