Archive - The Watch

The Supreme Court folds

Faced with the most potent threat to democracy in more than a century, our most revered institution didn't just fail to hold, it aligned itself with the…

Jul 6 •

June 2024

Trump and MAGA haven't been mistreated by the criminal justice system. It has favored them.

Few people get the leniency and preferential treatment the courts have shown Trump and his allies

Jun 27 •

The states of indigent defense, part three: Florida and Georgia

The two states have unusual public defender systems that bring unique problems -- in addition to all the usual ones

Jun 11 •

May 2024

Trump's deportation army

The former president's vow to deport 15 million people is the cruelest, most illiberal, most openly authoritarian campaign promise in modern U.S…

May 21 •

Listen to these podcasts, 2024 edition

Here's what I've enjoyed over the last year

May 1 •

April 2024

The states of public defense: part two

A review of the indigent defense systems in Colorado, Connecticut, and Delaware

Apr 17 •

Roundup: New Jersey paid to train cops in racism, abuse; another state bans excited delirium; FBI neglects white supremacist and eventual…

Here’s your roundup of the latest in the world of policing, criminal justice, and civil liberties.

Apr 9 •

March 2024

That isn't what I meant, your honor

When the courts cite your work, but for all the wrong reasons

Mar 25 •

Book excerpt: Death Row Welcomes You, by Steven Hale

A Tennessee journalist finds hope and humanity in the unlikeliest of places

Mar 11 •

The retconning of George Floyd, part three: the great flattening

The revisionist campaign to exonerate Derek Chauvin is about one thing: preserving police impunity

Mar 1 •

February 2024

The retconning of George Floyd: An Update

Some new developments, a correction, and a response to Coleman Hughes

Feb 16 •

The retconning of George Floyd, part two: the autopsy

Breaking down the lies, deception, and misdirection Derek Chauvin's defenders use to claim that the forensic evidence vindicates him

Feb 13 •

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