A sweeping eight part-series, “Broken Justice,” by the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, in collaboration with several universities and news organizations, outlines systemic failures in the criminal justice system. For one of the stories, supported with a grant from the Fund, students from five universities around the country investigated coroner systems nationwide. They found that coroners, who aren’t required to have medical training in most states, wield tremendous authority and are subject to almost no accountability. Other stories in the series examined junk science, politicization of state Supreme Court races in Mississippi, years-long backlogs in crime labs and more.
Wide-ranging series on criminal justice in Mississippi and the South uncovers major systemic issues
