Criminal Justice
Setting Free the Wrongfully Convicted
By Lucia Shen Spectrum staff In 1974, a Philadelphia judge sentenced 17-year-old Edward Baker to life in prison for murder and robbery, crimes he couldn’t have committed. He was at a funeral wake 12 miles away at the time police said the crimes happened. “December the 23rd,” Baker said, “was the day I got locked […]
A Retired Cop Joins Black Lives Matter
By Paige Gibbs Spectrum staff Rose Facey’s 27 years as a sworn officer of the New York Police Department gave her a close-up view of what can and does go wrong in American policing. And that’s why, at 69, she has joined Black Lives Matter protesters — at three separate rallies, so far — who […]