A Chicago cop killed someone in a car accident. They blamed a 20-year-old instead.
by Caleb Dunson for The Appeal and Chicago ReaderPublished
Local Reporting
Students and post-graduate fellows with the Yale Investigative Reporting Lab have teamed up with local news outlets around the country to produce data reporting and long-form storytelling about the felony-murder rule. The first set of partnerships — with Mississippi Today and the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, reported by Elena DeBre; The Appeal, reported by Thomas Birmingham; Public Source and the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, reported by Miranda Jeyaretnam (and colleague Peter Hall); and the South Bend Tribune, by Madison Hahamy — can be found here, with more local and regional stories to come.
He's served ⅓ of his life in prison for someone else killing his cousin; that's felony murder
by Madison Hahamy for South Bend TribunePublished
Pa. Supreme Court to weigh life sentences for felony murder
by Miranda Jeyaretnam and Peter Hall for Public SourcePublished
How Missouri’s Felony Murder Law Traps People for Defending Themselves.
by Thomas Birmingham for The AppealPublished
At 17, William Davis was convicted of a murder he did not commit. His conviction was not wrongful. But is the legal doctrine behind it just?
by Elena DeBre for Mississippi TodayPublished