PUBLIC EDUCATION
Truth & Investigations
Long-form documentation of the procedural patterns that shape federal criminal outcomes — sourced, cited, and cross-checked.
Our investigative work is procedural, not personal. We do not argue that any individual defendant is innocent. We document the practices that shape whether the federal system can reliably distinguish guilt from innocence at all: venue shopping, press releases at indictment, the trial penalty, and the immunity doctrines that put prosecutorial conduct beyond consequence.
Each investigation is built from public filings, court records, and on-the-record interviews. Every claim is cited. Every draft is reviewed by counsel before it publishes.
What This Means
Venue shopping
How the government selects the district in which to bring charges, and how that choice shapes outcomes.
Trial-by-press-release
Documenting the DOJ press practice at the indictment stage and its effect on juries, employers, and financial institutions.
The trial penalty
The sentencing gap between plea and trial outcomes, and what that gap does to the exercise of the trial right.
Absolute immunity
The doctrines that shield prosecutorial misconduct from civil consequence, and the narrow reforms that would restore accountability.
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