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Articles by Jordan Smith

The Prosecutor and the Snitch Ring

by Liliana Segura and Jordan Smith

“Cold Justice” star Kelly Siegler relied on jailhouse informants to win convictions despite reasons to doubt their credibility.

Secrets and Liars

What Happened When a Star Prosecutor Was Accused of Running a Jailhouse
Snitch Scheme

1. Rat’s in the Trap

The day before Michael ...

Cold Case Killer Kelly Siegler Is a True-Crime Celebrity. Did She Frame an Innocent Man for Murder?

Part 1

The Prosecutor and the Snitch Ring

“Cold Justice” star Kelly Siegler relied on jailhouse informants to win convictions despite reasons to doubt their credibility.

by Liliana Segura and Jordan Smith.

Originally published on December 17, 2023. Republished with permissions from The Intercept, an award-winning nonprofit news organization dedicated ...

How the Criminal Justice System Fails People With Mental Illness

“I found your baby,” Michelle Durden recalls the police officer saying after her son went missing. “He’s alive. And he’s in jail.”

At first, Michelle Durden thought her eldest son, Cameron Davis, was just going through some early 20s growing pains. He dropped out of ...

The Junk Science Cops Use to Decide You’re Lying

Leaked documents detail law enforcement trainings in lie detection techniques that have been discredited by scientists.

by Jordan Smith, The Intercept

The article was originally published on August 12, 2020, and is republished with permission from The Intercept, an award-winning nonprofit news organization dedicated to holding the powerful accountable through ...

 

 

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