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Trump found guilty on all 34 charges in hush money trial
May 30, 2024
Donald Trump just became the first former U.S. president to be convicted of felony crimes. Jurors deliberated for 9.5 hours.
What's a $1,000 fine to a billionaire?
by
Ellen Rolfes
and Catherine Orihuela
May 10, 2024
The News Fix Fines don’t deter Donald Trump. A New York judge held the former president in criminal contempt this week, levying another $1,000 fine for violating his gag order. This is the 10th time that Judge Juan Merchan has fined Trump during the “hush money” trial, in which Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records […]
Transforming the post-incarceration experience
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Maria Hollenhorst
Jan 3, 2024
Sociologist Reuben Jonathan Miller discusses the “moral worlds” of people who’ve been convicted of violent crimes
Is retail theft really rising?
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Livi Burdette
Sep 11, 2023
Retailers want stiffer sentences for what they say is rising theft. But the data isn't clear, says Nicole Lewis of The Marshall Project.
What makes a financial fraudster? It's more complex than you might think.
by
David Brancaccio
and Jarrett Dang
Apr 6, 2023
“Fool Me Once" by Kelly Richmond Pope looks at the world of financial fraud — and how seemingly regular people can become perpetrators.
Inside California's new law allowing more people to seal old criminal records
by
David Brancaccio
and Jarrett Dang
Dec 9, 2022
The law could help people with arrest or conviction records who are applying for jobs or seeking housing, says David Harding of UC Berkeley.
The Wirecard scandal revisited, two years later
by
David Brancaccio
, Ariana Rosas
and Jarrett Dang
Oct 6, 2022
We spoke to Dan McCrum, one of the journalists who first reported on the Wirecard scandal, about how his team's investigation unfolded.
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Property crimes are down since the pandemic began
Dec 18, 2020
Crime rates usually go up when the economy is bad. But not when there's low inflation.
Hackers with a heart? Cyber crooks seek to provide charitable donations
by
Scott Tong
Nov 18, 2020
Several cybercrime groups are trying to brand themselves as ethical. But it's hard to know a hacker's actual motivation in any particular case.
Pennsylvania tries a new initiative to curb illegal gun purchases
by
Miles Bryan
Sep 11, 2019
Operation LIPSTICK (Ladies Involved in Putting a Stop to Inner-City Killing), reaches out to women and teenage girls to warn them about the risks of making straw purchases — up to ten years in prison under federal law.