For Jerod Draper, horrifying video footage wasn’t enough to force police accountability.
Tag: Prisons and Prisoners
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A Florida Judge Finds a New Job: Defending an Inmate
In a coda to the wrongful-conviction podcast “Bone Valley,” Judge Scott Cupp says he’ll step down to spring a man serving a life sentence for murder.
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At Rikers, Piling Up Sick Days While Investigating Sick-Leave Abuse
A number of investigators responsible for cracking down on jail officers who lie about being sick have themselves been absent from work for significant periods.
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They Won Guantánamo’s Supreme Court Cases. Where Are They Now?
The three former Guantánamo prisoners who defeated George W. Bush at the Supreme Court in landmark cases are ensconced in family life. We caught up with two of them. One is a home-heating serviceman in central England; the other is an Uber driver in the French Riviera.