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Parker Yesko

Parker Yesko

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Before joining APM Reports in 2017, Parker Yesko reported on criminal justice, housing and inequality in the U.S. and abroad. Her work has appeared on Morning Edition, Weekend All Things Considered, NPR's Embedded, PRI's The World, Snap Judgment, Harper's and The Guardian. As an intern on NPR's national desk, she reported on the lawsuits filed against President Trump in the first months of his administration. Before moving into radio, Parker covered a range of local issues for the San Francisco Examiner. She has a master's degree in journalism from UC Berkeley, where she was a Mark Felt Scholar in Investigative Reporting, and a B.A. in Political Economy from Georgetown.


Stories

June 26, 2018

The saga of Bobby Joe Townsend

Not long after the Tardy Furniture murders, Doug Evans may have sent an innocent man to prison.

June 26, 2018

Was there a Brady violation in the Curtis Flowers case - and why does it matter?

If prosecutors didn't turn over critical evidence to the defense, Curtis Flowers could get a new trial.

June 19, 2018

Why the eyewitness IDs of Curtis Flowers may not be reliable

Catherine Snow and Porky Collins picked Curtis Flowers out of photo lineups. But, according to two experts, the flawed procedures used by investigators make these identifications highly questionable.

June 19, 2018

John Johnson: The investigator in his own words

The most extensive record of Johnson talking about his work comes from a sworn deposition he gave in 1978 after he was sued in federal court.

June 12, 2018

The rise and reign of Doug Evans

How to spend nearly three decades in office.

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.

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.

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.

May 15, 2018

What exactly are prosecutors allowed to do?

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

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.

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.

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.

May 1, 2018

Letter from Winona

A year at the crossroads of Mississippi.

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.


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