Monthly Archives: October 2023
“Flipping” for a Better Deal
Rumor has it a number of defendants who are low on the totem pole in the Georgia case involving former President Trump are flipping on Mr. Trump. What, exactly, does that mean? In general, flipping is the act of revealing evidence that a prosecutor values, often related to a co-defendant. The prosecutor may have… Read More »
Decades Later, an Indictment in Tupac’s Murder
About 27 years ago Tupac Shakur was fatally shot while leaving a Vegas boxing match on the Strip. In the coming years, Duane Keith Davis admitted that he was in the car when another passenger took aim and ended the rapper’s life, but authorities were unable to use that confession at the time because… Read More »
Book Banning Behind Bars
When Lou Johnson was approached by an investigative journalist named Silja Talvi about sharing her experiences behind bars, she was happy to participate. Talvi was writing a book, and wanted women who were experiencing incarceration to tell their stories in order to shine a light on the abuse and trauma that was so common… Read More »
Criminal Justice Reforms on the Horizon
The criminal justice system in this country is fraught with problems, but things may be looking up. The United States leads the world in the number of incarcerated individuals with more than five million people behind bars or some other control, and up to 100 million living with a criminal record dinging their opportunities…. Read More »
