Articles
-
2 weeks ago |
localnewsmatters.org | Anat Rubin
A CALMATTERS INVESTIGATION has found that poor people accused of crimes, who account for at least 80% of criminal defendants, are routinely convicted in California without anyone investigating the charges against them. Close to half of California’s 58 counties do not employ any full-time public defense investigators. Among the remaining counties, defendants’ access to investigators fluctuates wildly, but it’s almost always inadequate.
-
2 weeks ago |
kqed.org | Anat Rubin
By midnight, 150 people were searching for Willie, combing the dense woods surrounding the town. But Cook did not believe his son was lost in the forest. From the moment he had walked out of that bar, he was certain that someone had taken him. “I felt it,” he said. “I felt it all over.”Willie’s body was discovered six months later in a small cardboard barrel at a campground along the Klamath River, more than 50 miles from Happy Camp.
-
3 weeks ago |
sfgate.com | Anat Rubin
Defense investigators interview witnesses, visit crime scenes, review police reports and retrieve video surveillance footage that might prove the defendant was on the other side of town when a crime was committed, or that an assault was an act of self-defense. They do work that most lawyers are not trained to do.
-
3 weeks ago |
bakersfield.com | Anat Rubin
A CalMatters investigation has found that poor people accused of crimes, who account for at least 80% of criminal defendants, are routinely convicted in California without anyone investigating the charges against them. Close to half of California's 58 counties do not employ any full-time public defense investigators. Among the remaining counties, defendants' access to investigators fluctuates wildly, but it's almost always inadequate.
-
3 weeks ago |
apnews.com | Anat Rubin
A CalMatters investigation has found that poor people accused of crimes, who account for at least 80% of criminal defendants, are routinely convicted in California without anyone investigating the charges against them. Close to half of California’s 58 counties do not employ any full-time public defense investigators. Among the remaining counties, defendants’ access to investigators fluctuates wildly, but it’s almost always inadequate.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 341
- Tweets
- 97
- DMs Open
- No
RT @Jack_ElHai: "His right eye was blue." Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popula…
RT @CalMatters: In 1976, 6-year-old Willie Cook was kidnapped and later found dead. The case went cold, but 32 years later, police received…
RT @mmcphate: @MrOlmos @AnatRubin1 One of the best pieces I've read in a while — urgent, heart-wrenching, beautifully written. You have a n…