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March 26, 2019

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.

March 20, 2019

Justice Brett Kavanaugh may be key to freeing Curtis Flowers

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.

March 19, 2019

The fuzzy math in the state's case

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

March 19, 2019

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

A discussion with Supreme Court observer Dan Epps.

March 18, 2019

For Curtis Flowers, a question of race

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

March 15, 2019

The five jury strikes that could decide Curtis Flowers' fate

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

March 14, 2019

The Supreme Court cases that could free Curtis Flowers

The outcome of Flowers v. Mississippi may hinge on how justices interpret a few key precedents designed to bring more fairness and equality to jury selection.

March 13, 2019

Flowers v. Mississippi: What to expect

How the arguments in the Curtis Flowers case might play out before the Supreme Court.

March 5, 2019

Doug Evans running unopposed for reelection

The controversial Mississippi prosecutor will win another four-year term and could decide if Curtis Flowers faces a seventh trial.

February 7, 2019

How we did it: Inside our investigation of water rates in six cities around the Great Lakes

It was a long, slow hunt for data with variables aplenty: gallons, cubic feet, billing and meter sizes.

December 12, 2018

Curtis Flowers' lawyers want answers from Doug Evans

In its latest filing, the defense team wants a chance to question the prosecutor under oath.

December 3, 2018

A fire in Winona

After Nelson Forrest spoke out about the Curtis Flowers case, his house went up in flames.

November 27, 2018

S2 Update: You asked, we answered

With the U.S. Supreme Court set to hear Curtis Flowers' appeal in the coming months, we thought it was a good time to answer some of the questions you've asked us since the end of Season 2.

November 5, 2018

Missouri leads the country in removing voters for 'mental incapacity'

People placed in adult guardianship can lose their right to vote, and in Missouri, this happens far more than in any other state.

November 2, 2018

Supreme Court agrees to hear Curtis Flowers appeal

In looking at the controversial Mississippi death penalty case, the justices will examine if District Attorney Doug Evans had a history of racial discrimination in jury selection.

November 2, 2018

People purged for not voting can cast ballots in Ohio

In a victory for voting rights advocates, a federal court ruling ensures some voters removed under the "use it or lose it" law won't be shut out on Election Day.

November 1, 2018

Former Confederate states have purged a growing number of felons from voting lists

Most of the country is making it easier for former felons to vote. But in the South, the number of voters removed due to felonies has nearly doubled in the past decade, an APM Reports analysis shows.

October 19, 2018

Georgia purged an estimated 107,000 people largely for not voting, an APM Reports investigation shows

A handful of states, most of them led by Republicans, are using someone's decision not to vote as the trigger for removing them from the rolls. No state has been more aggressive with this approach than Georgia, where Brian Kemp, the secretary of state, oversaw the purging of a growing number of voters ahead of his own run for governor, according to an APM Reports investigation. Voting rights advocates call it a new form of voter suppression, and they fear it will soon spread to other states.

October 8, 2018

What to do if your child's school isn't teaching reading right?

After our recent examination of why American kids aren't being taught to read well, we received a ton of questions, mostly from parents. So we went to the experts to get answers.

September 21, 2018

Why law enforcement didn't see that Danny Heinrich killed Jacob Wetterling

A new Stearns County sheriff let loose a condemnation of the investigation, declaring that there were "20 things" law enforcement bungled. This is a brief analysis of some of the key flaws of the investigation by the journalists who produced the first season of In The Dark, a podcast that first revealed many of the failures two years ago.

September 20, 2018

Law enforcement comes clean on botched Wetterling investigation

Two years after the first season of In The Dark revealed numerous mistakes by law enforcement investigating Wetterling's disappearance, the Stearns County sheriff provided harsh detail of his predecessors' failures and made public thousands of documents from the investigative file.

September 18, 2018