By David Loudon Introduction In a series of cases starting with Apprendi v. New Jersey, 1 the United States Supreme Court has held that the Sixth Amendment requires that any fact that increases the minimum or maximum sentence that a judge can impose on an offender2 must be found by the jury beyond a reasonable doubt, […]

By Karen Hopkins Introduction In 1999, a Washington Post investigative series entitled “Deadly Force” revealed that the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in the District of Columbia had “shot and killed more people per resident in the 1990s than any other large American city police force.” 1 The Post found that in some cases the police […]

In 1999 the Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, perhaps the most coveted of journalistic prizes, for “Deadly Force,” a five-part series of articles that sought to explain the alarming frequency with which police officers in Washington D.C. killed residents of the city they were charged with protecting. The series identified a […]