David Grann

Forensic Art Expert Sues Over New Yorker Article

ARTINFO | Posted 09.06.2011

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ARTINFO

Forensic art analyst Peter Paul Biro, the subject of a 2010 exposé in the New Yorker, is suing the magazine's publisher for defamation to the tune of...

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Haunted By Haitian Death Squad, 'Devil And Sherlock Holmes' Excerpt

The Huffington Post | David Grann | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Death Squad Real-Estate Agent No one remembers who first saw him in the neighborhood, but Emile Maceus was nearly cer­tain that Emmanuel "Toto" ...

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Neda Video Wins Polk Award: Iran Protest Death Video First Anonymous Winner Of Journalism Prize

Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (Associated Press) -- The unnamed people who captured on video and made public the shooting death of an Iranian protester have been chosen to...

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Trial by Firefight

Rob Fishman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rob Fishman

It's clear that Cameron Todd Willingham was (mis)tried by a kangaroo court, but will justice be better served by the media zoo that's ensued?

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Willingham Prosecutor's Lack of Doubt Too Extreme

Amy Bach | Posted 05.25.2011

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Amy Bach

As the Willingham case demonstrates, there's a certain kind of behavioral reaction by people who work in courts -- prosecutors especially -- that defends the system over all contrary evidence.

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Still Clinging to the Barbarity of the Death Penalty

Byron Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Byron Williams

Since it is impossible to avoid error, the only way one can support the death penalty is to suggest that we have expendable portions of society.

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Is Amazon Author David Grann the Least Likely Explorer?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Phil Bronstein

Aside from being a little overweight, out of shape and with a degenerative eye condition that causes him to get lost on the subway, the New Yorker writer just doesn't have that mad-hatter ego.

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