The Intercept’s criminal justice coverage has long focused on wrongful convictions and the death penalty. 2018 was no exception. Our investigations into the unconstitutional policing, junk science, and prosecutorial misconduct that invariably contribute to the unjust incarceration of innocent people were joined by important work on predictive policing, voting rights, and the #MeToo movement.
Murderville, Georgia
By Liliana Segura, Jordan Smith
A Father Took His 10-Year-Old Fishing. She Fell in the Water and Drowned. It Was a Tragic Accident — Then He Was Charged With Murder.
By Jordan Smith
New York Gang Database Expanded by 70 Percent Under Mayor Bill de Blasio
By Alice Speri
His Conviction Was Overturned. Why Is Arizona Doing Everything in Its Power to Keep Barry Jones on Death Row?
By Liliana Segura
Chicago Faces a Defining Moment in Police Reform and Civil Order
By Jamie Kalven
Chilling Testimony in a Tennessee Trial Exposes Lethal Injection as Court-Sanctioned Torture
By Liliana Segura
Indigenous Women Have Been Disappearing for Generations. Politicians Are Finally Starting to Notice.
By Alleen Brown
No, Aziz Ansari’s Accuser Is Not Breaking Up #MeToo — the Divisions Have Been There All Along
By Natasha Lennard
Jessica Robertson Got Sick Working as an Inspector at a Poultry Plant. Now She’s Speaking Out to Defend Workers Exposed to Chemicals.
By Eyal Press
Inside a Sleazy FBI Sting Involving Diet Clinics, Fitness Models, Money Laundering, and a Supposed Plot to Hire a Hitman
By Trevor Aaronson
As FBI Whistleblower Terry Albury Faces Sentencing, His Lawyers Say He Was Motivated by Racism and Abuses at the Bureau
By Alice Speri
Standing Rock Pitches Last-Ditch Fight for the Right to Vote in North Dakota
By Alleen Brown
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