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    Tasers are less reliable than their maker has claimed. The results can be deadly

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    S2 E13: Oral Arguments

    Klobuchar didn't prosecute controversial police killings or brutality cases as a county attorney

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    Recent Stories

    Taser scene Minnesota

    Tasers are less reliable than their maker has claimed. The results can be deadly

    by Curtis Gilbert, Angela Caputo, and Geoff Hing

    Tasers have become an essential tool for police, but how effective are they? An APM Reports investigation finds that officers in some big cities rated Tasers as unreliable up to 40 percent of the time, and in three large departments, newer models were less effective than older ones. In 258 cases over three years, a Taser failed to subdue someone who was then shot and killed by police.

    Dallas Taser Bertrand Davis

    How we did it: Methods used to test the relationship between Taser model and effectiveness

    by Geoff Hing

    Data from three big police departments — and various statistical analyses — allowed us to compare newer and older models.

    Georgia Governor Brian Kemp

    Georgia governor signs law to slow 'use it or lose it' voter purges

    by Johnny Kauffman

    After an APM Reports investigation on the removal of thousands of voters, Brian Kemp signed a reform bill that gives people who haven't voted in several elections more time before their registrations are canceled.

    Flowers v. Mississippi SCOTUS sketch

    S2 E13: Oral Arguments

    After nearly nine years of appeals of his sixth trial, Curtis Flowers finally had his case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. At issue was whether DA Doug Evans tried to keep African-Americans off the jury in the 2010 trial. Flowers wasn't at the Supreme Court — he remains on death row in Mississippi — but the In the Dark team was. This is what we saw.

    U.S. Supreme Court building

    Flowers v. Mississippi: An annotated transcript of oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court

    The full transcript of oral arguments in the Curtis Flowers case, with analysis, context and fact-checks from our team of reporters.

    Amy Klobuchar announcement

    Klobuchar didn't prosecute controversial police killings or brutality cases as a county attorney

    by Tom Scheck, Brandt Williams, and Nikki Pederson

    The presidential candidate relied on grand juries to charge cops — seen today as avoiding accountability — and shied from getting between police and diverse communities during a violent time in Minneapolis.

    Sheri Johnson, Supreme Court

    Justice Brett Kavanaugh may be key to freeing Curtis Flowers

    by Madeleine Baran and Parker Yesko

    At oral arguments, questions from the Supreme Court's newest justice — and a possible swing vote — seemed to side with the Mississippi death row inmate's claim that he was the victim of racial discrimination in jury selection.

    The Supreme Court

    S2 E12: Before the Court

    We resume Season Two with the U.S. Supreme Court weighing Curtis Flowers' case. We preview oral arguments and delve into the allegations at the heart of the appeal: that Doug Evans tried to keep African-Americans off the jury in Curtis' sixth trial.

    The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court

    How might the Supreme Court rule in Flowers v. Mississippi?

    A discussion with Supreme Court observer Dan Epps.

    Montgomery County Courthouse in Winona, Mississippi

    The fuzzy math in the state's case

    by Will Craft

    In a brief to the Supreme Court, the Mississippi Attorney General's office offers a misleading argument.

    Alexander Robinson, Duck Hill, Mississippi

    For Curtis Flowers, a question of race

    by Will Craft

    An APM Reports analysis finds prosecutors asked African-Americans three times more questions than whites in jury selection.

    Flancie Young Jones

    The five jury strikes that could decide Curtis Flowers' fate

    by Will Craft

    Inside the 2010 jury selection at the heart of the Supreme Court case.

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