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How did Curtis Flowers end up with a nearly all-white jury?
June 5, 2018

How did Curtis Flowers end up with a nearly all-white jury?

In 2010, a jury of 11 whites and one African-American convicted Flowers and sentenced him to death. Defense attorneys would later claim the trial essentially had been decided in jury selection. Here's how it went down.

Why a nearly all-white jury might be legal
June 5, 2018

Why a nearly all-white jury might be legal

When is a strike legal? Take our quiz below and try to spot an unconstitutional strike, using potential jurors from trials in the Fifth Circuit Court District, where Doug Evans is district attorney, and the reasons given for striking them.

Acquitting Emmett Till's killers
June 5, 2018

Acquitting Emmett Till's killers

There was overwhelming evidence that J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant had murdered the 14-year-old in 1955, but they never spent a day in prison thanks to an all-white jury.

Letter from Parchman: Inside Mississippi's notorious prison
May 29, 2018

Letter from Parchman: Inside Mississippi's notorious prison

The state penitentiary began more than a century ago as a way to subjugate African-Americans after the end of slavery, and it later maintained segregation well into the 1970s. And it's where Curtis Flowers has spent much of his adult life, sometimes in brutal conditions.

What does Odell Hallmon's reversal mean for the Curtis Flowers case?
May 29, 2018

What does Odell Hallmon's reversal mean for the Curtis Flowers case?

The jailhouse informant's testimony helped win a conviction — and his recantation might scuttle it.

What exactly are prosecutors allowed to do?
May 15, 2018

What exactly are prosecutors allowed to do?

They can rely on jailhouse informants, if the testimony is true.

Inside the Leflore County Jail: A cell of snitches
May 15, 2018

Inside the Leflore County Jail: A cell of snitches

After his arrest in 1997, Curtis Flowers was placed in a small cell with up to eight other inmates. Here's what happened next, in their own words.

On the trail of Doyle Simpson in Louisiana
May 8, 2018

On the trail of Doyle Simpson in Louisiana

How a key player in the Curtis Flowers case came to need a gun.

Could they really match those bullets in the Tardy Furniture case?
May 8, 2018

Could they really match those bullets in the Tardy Furniture case?

Ballistics evidence helped send Curtis Flowers to death row, but critics say the field is subjective and unscientific.

Map: Where in Winona was Curtis Flowers?
May 1, 2018

Map: Where in Winona was Curtis Flowers?

This is the route prosecutors said Curtis Flowers walked on the morning of the Tardy Furniture murders, based on witness testimony from Trial 1.

The Tardy Furniture store murders: What happened that morning in July '96?
May 1, 2018

The Tardy Furniture store murders: What happened that morning in July '96?

In the hours after the shootings, investigators were under tremendous pressure to solve the crime. But they had little evidence to go on.

Letter from Winona
May 1, 2018

Letter from Winona

A year at the crossroads of Mississippi.

How can someone be tried six times for the same crime?
May 1, 2018

How can someone be tried six times for the same crime?

Why double jeopardy doesn't apply in the Curtis Flowers case.

Trump's infrastructure czar steps down
April 3, 2018

Trump's infrastructure czar steps down

The departure of DJ Gribbin is the latest sign that the president's plan is going nowhere fast.

Words and deeds out of alignment for potential Cabinet appointment and Fox News personality
March 27, 2018

Words and deeds out of alignment for potential Cabinet appointment and Fox News personality

Pete Hegseth, a decorated Army veteran thought to be considered to run Veteran's Affairs, portrays himself as a defender of traditional family values despite extramarital affairs with co-workers and divorces.

More than half of Trump's 20-person Cabinet has engaged in questionable or unethical conduct
February 16, 2018

More than half of Trump's 20-person Cabinet has engaged in questionable or unethical conduct

Ethics experts are alarmed at the drumbeat of revelations about travel, business holdings and investments, warning that public trust and reliable government are at risk. A former ethics official asks: "If the boss doesn't care, why should you, then?"

Minneapolis increases psychological testing for police officers
January 31, 2018

Minneapolis increases psychological testing for police officers

The city's police department has hired a new psychologist to improve the way it screens recruits after an APM Reports investigation revealed that its procedures didn't meet national standards.

Some states training police to use words, not guns
December 20, 2017

Some states training police to use words, not guns

A follow up to an APM Reports investigation finds that five additional states have mandated de-escalation training for officers, bringing the total to only 21.

More families sue Mesabi Academy owner
December 19, 2017

More families sue Mesabi Academy owner

Eight former residents have joined litigation alleging abuse and neglect at the Minnesota youth facility.

Minneapolis police recruits get less psychological testing than they used to
December 14, 2017

Minneapolis police recruits get less psychological testing than they used to

The protocol is less rigorous than best practices nationally and the evaluator lacked the proper license. Police leaders are moving to replace him for another reason: They believe he screened out too many minority candidates.

Criticized for ship holdings, Ross owns more than previously known and the deals continue
November 8, 2017

Criticized for ship holdings, Ross owns more than previously known and the deals continue

Most of the 75 ships transport oil and gas products worldwide, presenting a conflict of interest for the commerce secretary as he negotiates trade deals. Records show 11 purchases since March. Ross has come under fire for not disclosing Russia-tied ship business and a U.S. senator wants an investigation.

Top Wilbur Ross aide played a role in trade deal while on the board of shipping firm tied to Russia
November 6, 2017

Top Wilbur Ross aide played a role in trade deal while on the board of shipping firm tied to Russia

The agreement with China will increase U.S. exports of liquid natural gas. Navigator Holdings, which could gain from increased drilling, has a business partnership with a Russian-owned firm and is partially owned by Ross via an offshore investment fund. For dealmaker Wendy Teramoto — Ross' chief of staff and Navigator board member at the time — it raises a conflict of interest.

October 24, 2017

States' laws to support dyslexic children mostly lack funding, accountability, training mandates

A recent APM Reports documentary showed how schools aren't adequately complying with a decades-old federal law but new state laws are failing to help struggling readers, too.

On infrastructure, now what? Trump's turn away from public-private model brings uncertainty
October 5, 2017

On infrastructure, now what? Trump's turn away from public-private model brings uncertainty

With private money at a record level and projects ready to go, the president decides the partnerships are "more trouble than they're worth," leaving states to make their own deals with investors and to hope for federal funding.

Elaine Chao, champion of Trump's infrastructure plan, chose to keep stock in a building company
September 29, 2017

Elaine Chao, champion of Trump's infrastructure plan, chose to keep stock in a building company

After she was confirmed, the transportation secretary resigned from the board of Vulcan Materials but held on to deferred stock awards worth $300,000, an amount that could grow if Chao helps push an infrastructure bill through Congress.

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