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Massachusetts Set to Extend Statute of Limitations for Rape Cases With DNA Evidence

Following reporting by WBUR and ProPublica, Gov. Maura Healey has pledged to sign a bill into law ensuring that Massachusetts will no longer have one of the strictest rape prosecution deadlines in the country. by Willoughby Mariano, ProPublica & WBUR This story was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with WBUR. Sign up

Willoughby Mariano, ProPublica, & WBUR
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A Secret Survey From Inside a Women’s Prison Tells Stories of Domestic Abuse Untold in Court

One incarcerated woman set out to understand how many others at Oklahoma’s Mabel Bassett Correctional Center had cases like hers. Their stories helped shape a new state law intended to reduce their sentences — but will it work? by Pamela Colloff, ProPublica This story was originally published by ProPublica. Sign up for Dispatches to get

Pamela Colloff, ProPublica
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Louisiana Supreme Court Frees Death Row Prisoner, Calling Evidence Against Him “Scientifically Indefensible”

The decision affirms a lower court’s ruling nullifying Jimmie “Chris” Duncan’s 1998 first-degree murder conviction. Duncan was convicted based in part on forensic evidence that is now widely regarded as junk science. by Richard A. Webster, ProPublica & Verite News This story was originally published by ProPublica. It was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network

Richard A. Webster, ProPublica & Verite News
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Op-ed: Elder Abuse and Nursing Home Investigations

It’s time for the nursing home industry to start policing itself. The nursing home industry has failed to police themselves, and the state agencies that regulate the facilities have failed to police themselves or the facilities. This lack of self-policing is causing families to come forward in increasing numbers to file lawsuits against the nursing

Kelly Riddle