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Live chat: Reasonable doubts and potential wrongful convictions
NECIR and WBUR have teamed up to investigate the case of Darrell "Diamond" Jones, a Boston man currently serving the 30th year of a life sentence for a murder he maintains he did not commit. His quest...
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How we investigated the case of Darrell Jones
To read NECIR's findings in our joint investigation with WBUR, click here. About 18 months ago, I received an intriguing proposal. A convicted murderer contacted me through his wife to say he wanted to...
View ArticleJenifer McKim awarded for protecting, advancing 1st amendment
NECIR Senior Reporter Jenifer McKim has won the 2016 Freedom of Information Award from the New England First Amendment Coalition for her series ‘Out of the shadows: Shining light on state failure to...
View ArticleNECIR wins INNovation Fund grant for audience engagement
The New England Center for Investigative Reporting has won $35,000 from the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) to host a series of events to provide citizens with the tools to understand and...
View ArticleWatchdog Reporting Workshop: February 18
The New England Center for Investigative Reporting is hosting a one-day watchdog reporting workshop on Thursday, February 18 at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel as part of the 2016 New England Newspaper...
View ArticleLow-income, minority, and rural residents affected disproportionately by...
Members of “poor, minority and rural” populations are killed by cancer more often than other Americans because of limited access to screening and treatment options, USA Today reports. USA Today’s...
View ArticleRead key Darrell Jones documents
In researching the case of Darrell Jones, NECIR's Jenifer McKim and WBUR's Bruce Gellerman reviewed hundreds of pages of court records, witness statements and other primary documents. NECIR will be...
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Boston police cast a veil on warrants, uses for cellphone trackers
The Boston Police Department is keeping the public largely in the dark about how it uses covert cellphone trackers — devices that have raised civil-liberties questions across the country. The...
View ArticleBoston police promise to release information on cellphone trackers
The Boston Police Department has pledged to make some disclosures about how they use cellphone trackers, after months of rebuffing questions on the covert surveillance technology. In a live radio...
View ArticleWhen baby is due, genetic counselors seen downplaying false alarms
Parents are starting to question the independence of the fast-growing field of genetic counseling as more and more counselors are paid by the companies that make the tests. Read the full story here.
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Look at me: Why genetic test results don’t tell full story
I sometimes wonder what difference it would have made if my mom knew that I had Turner syndrome while she was pregnant with me. She is adamant she never would have aborted me. But today, pre-natal...
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After angry moms fault counseling, genetics society cites its ethics code
Shawn Musgrave for NECIRJessica Daviso says she was not told by her lab-employed genetic counselor her prenatal test was probably wrong. The National Society of Genetic Counselors issued a statement...
View ArticleDarrell Jones granted hearing in bid to overturn murder conviction
A Massachusetts judge has scheduled a hearing for convicted murderer Darrell Jones to review his request for documents and trial evidence being sought in a motion to reopen his case. Jones, convicted...
View ArticleCommentary: Public records law unfulfilled, not ‘unfunded’
In the past year, the Massachusetts legislature took baby steps toward letting our toddler of a public records law grow some teeth. Government officials and their lobbyists quickly blasted proposed...
View ArticleOut of the Shadows: Child maltreatment deaths drop, but suicide of...
Defying state officials’ predictions, the number of children who died from abuse and neglect in Massachusetts fell sharply in 2014, according to a newly released count, raising questions about whether...
View ArticleState opposes Darrell Jones motion for new trial
Massachusetts prosecutors opposed a Boston man’s efforts to re-open his 30-year-old murder conviction and dismissed his efforts to obtain legal records as a “fishing exhibition.” The state asserted in...
View ArticleMass. Attorney General settles with foreclosure firm
Six years ago, former Attorney General Martha Coakley launched an investigation into Newton-based foreclosure firm Harmon Law Offices PC, concerned it was violating certain eviction and foreclosure...
View ArticleHow a perks binge sweetens the pay of Massachusetts college chiefs
Like almost all other Massachusetts public university and college leaders, Keith Motley is entitled to a housing allowance or house, a car, and free tuition for himself and his family members, and can...
View ArticleLawmaker calls for investigation into university perks
A Massachusetts legislator is calling for an investigation of compensation and benefits provided to leaders of state universities and colleges, saying Thursday that the perks are “unsustainable and...
View ArticleWayward prosecutors go unpunished as prison time for victims piles up
A review by the New England Center for Investigative Reporting found hundreds of cases where Massachusetts courts criticized prosecutors, even to the point of reversing convictions due to misconduct....
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