Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social Managing editor/local at ProPublica, past prez of AHCJ, Detroit Lions fan. Email: charles.ornstein@propublica.org. Posts are my own.
Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social Defunct account of Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Opinions here are my own. Decent people fight evil.
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Sarah Russo @sarahrusso.bsky.social Founder of @pageonem.bsky.social, literary publicity and marketing for authors and experts. www.page1m.com
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Committee for Autonomous Social Action - CASA, HGT @casahgt.bsky.social To promote the unity of all workers and their families and to conduct social and political actions designed to strengthen the working class movement. (https://casahgt.org/)
Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social WBEZ Chicago reporter on public safety and health.
https://www.wbez.org/author/chip-mitchell
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Alicia A. Caldwell @aacaldwellla.bsky.social Bloomberg immigration reporter @business Former WSJ and @AP among others. Proud Arizona Wildcat. #BearDown
Mark Obbie @markobbie.bsky.social Freelance criminal justice journalist writing for national publications about community gun violence victims and prevention. Based in upstate New York. Mostly retired, but dabbling still.
Meg Anderson @meganders.bsky.social Correspondent covering criminal justice @npr.org
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Jodi Cohen @jodiscohen.bsky.social Reporter, @propublica.org
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Ryan Gabrielson @ryangabrielson.bsky.social Investigative editor at the San Francisco Chronicle. Past life at ProPublica. Bear down, Arizona.
Jeremy Kohler @jeremykohler.bsky.social Investigative reporter for @Propublica.org covering Missouri and the Midwest. You have got to show me. Call/Text/Signal: 708-967-5731
Mike Balsamo @mikebalsamo.bsky.social U.S. Law Enforcement Editor @AP | 118th President @PressClubDC | Former DOJ, NYC & LA reporter | Long Island roots | Taco enthusiast 🌮 | Tips? MBalsamo@ap.org
Ken Armstrong @bykenarmstrong.bsky.social Reporter/editor/narrative coach @Bloomberg.com. Co-author, Unbelievable. Law school dropout/honorary doctor. Formers: ProPublica, Marshall Project, Seattle Times. Perturbable.
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Jesse Coburn @jessecoburn.bsky.social ProPublica reporter
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Nicole Carr @nicolefcarr.bsky.social Digital Expat. Author. Journalist. Speaker. Morehouse College Assistant Professor. 🌎trotting+ Searching for the ancestors with my own legacies 👧🏽👧🏽👦🏾
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Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social Former crime and justice reporter, The Washington Post. Big fan of sports, music, comedy, sleeping, not necessarily in that order.
Kyle Swenson @kyletalking.bsky.social Fmr Washington Post reporter covering inequality. Author of "Good Kids,
Bad City." Expert on NBA hot takes
Jonathan Edwards @jonathanwrites.bsky.social Washington Post reporter covering national events
Jessica Schulberg @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social former senior reporter at HuffPost covering prisons/jails/courts • WGAE Councilmember • jess.schulberg@protonmail.com • Signal: jessicaschulberg.01
James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social Crime: Real & Imagined.
L.A. Times Courts/Chaos Reporter
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Knows Ball (kinda)
SURVIVING THE LIE, the third and final Russell Avery novel, out 8/11/26.
@keegan-hamilton.bsky.social @keegan-hamilton.bsky.social Senior editor editor for legal affairs and criminal justice at L.A. Times. Ex-Vice News. Drugs, crime, prisons, cartels, etc.
https://www.keeganhamilton.com/
Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social Investigative reporter at Consumer Reports covering safety and health; previously covered tech and criminal justice at The Markup and ProPublica. Signal: @Lkirchner.44
Allison Sherry @allisonsherry.bsky.social Justice/Immigration reporter at Colorado Public Radio and sometimes National Public Radio. Always trying to hold people accountable. Also, mama bear.
Lauren McGaughy @lmcgaughy.bsky.social Texas politics correspondent @nytimes.com | Past: @kutnews.bsky.social @dallasnews.com @houstonchronicle.com @nolanews.bsky.social | FOIA nerd
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Ethan Corey @ethanscorey.bsky.social My job is to scroll through this spreadsheet and look for numbers that are scary?
Meg O'Connor @megoconnor.bsky.social Writer. Most recently I covered cops and prosecutors for
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Nick Wing @nickwing.bsky.social Editing @theappeal.bsky.social
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Gina Barton @writerbarton.bsky.social Reporter at USA TODAY, producer and host of the true crime podcast Unsolved
Grace Hauck @gracehauck.bsky.social State Investigative Reporter @illinoisanswers.bsky.social. Previously @usatoday.com. Email ghauck@illinoisanswers.org
Dan Glaun @dglaun.bsky.social Criminal justice investigative reporter for the USA Today Network in Florida
Eric Ferkenhoff @ericferk.bsky.social Investigative Reporter focused on Justice. Tips to Eric.Ferkenhoff@Lee.net
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Daphne Duret @dduret.bsky.social Investigative Reporter at The Marshall Project. Dessalinienne. Telenovela aficionado. Laughter is the best medicine ✝️
Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social DC reporter for Reuters on crime, justice and investigations. Data, documents and "convoluted KGB style back-door" stuff. Lawyer, but not yours. 202-527-9709, brad.heath@tr.com
Abby Simons @abbysimons.bsky.social Public Safety Editor, Minnesota Star Tribune
brittany m. brown @isthatbritt.bsky.social movement journalist exploring community safety + justice in memphis, tn | mississippian | signal: isthatbritt.03
Melvis Acosta @melvisacosta.bsky.social 
Emily Elena Dugdale @eedugdale.bsky.social 🇨🇴 she/her journalist in LA. I write about jails (+ other stuff). Executive editor of @lapublicpress.bsky.social
Sandhya Dirks @audiosand.bsky.social Journalist, audio documentarian, writer. English professor at Dartmouth, working on a doc about the end of civil rights. Previously: NPR race and identity correspondent, “alarmingly divisive"
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Podcasts: On Our Watch, American Suburb.
Patrick Smith @pksmid.bsky.social Co-host of Say More with Mary Dixon
Shirsho Dasgupta @shirsho.bsky.social journo @miamiherald.com in dc. man utd fan. ex-soccer writer. usually cooking, fiddling with a camera or encouraging americans to start watching cricket.
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Max M. Marin @maxmmarin.bsky.social Reporter at Philadelphia Inquirer, investigations team.
Taylor Six @taylorsixhl.bsky.social Criminal justice journalist | Founder of the Journalists Recovery Network
George Chidi, Evil Reporter @neonflag.bsky.social Journalist for The Guardian (and occasionally Rolling Stone) in Atlanta, covering politics and the odd Young Thug tidbit. Massive D&D nerd. Veteran. #AddToBlackSky Signal: George_Chidi.80
Chris Gelardi @chrisgelardi.bsky.social Justice desk chief, @nysfocus.com. Also The Intercept, The Nation, many more. He/him. Send tips ⬇️
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Josiah Bates @josiahbates.bsky.social Staff Writer at @thetrace.org
New book in the works on the rise of elite police units
Thinking about crime, policing, journalism, and the NBA
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Ben Conarck @conarck.bsky.social D.C. criminal justice reporter @washingtonpost.com Formerly @thebaltimorebanner.com @miamiherald.com 🦉 ben.conarck27 on Signal
Justin Fenton @justinfenton.bsky.social Investigative reporter at the Baltimore Banner
Aaron Jacklin @aaronjacklin.bsky.social Independent Journalist
Crime & Crime Policy
MA, Criminology & Criminal Justice Policy
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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social Journalist covering prisons, jails and more for The Marshall Project. Formerly WBEZ (Chicago NPR affiliate). Host of Motive podcast (Season 4). Writes short stories and essays. Tips: sheffernan@themarshallproject.org
Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social Reporter: ProPublica. Author: Corrections in Ink. Priors: LA Times, Houston Chron, Marshall Project. Journalist, felon. (I promise I don't bite)
Beth Schwartzapfel @journo-beth.bsky.social Writer, reader, nerd. Reporter for The Marshall Project covering criminal (in)justice, esp LGBTQ+, parole, addiction, health. Host of VIOLATION. It's not on us to complete the work—but neither can we stop doing it.
Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social Journalist, currently @MPRNews. '25 Nieman fellow. Co-creator of Peabody-winning 74 Seconds podcast. Victory gardener. Minneapolis. Joncollinsjournalism.com
Louis Hensler @lwhensler3.bsky.social Teaches Torts and Evidence at Regent University School of Law. Personal account.
Amy P. @amyephillips.bsky.social Appellate public defender. Broadway superfan. #FOIA nerd.
#DCStatehood 🏳️🌈 🇵🇸 😷
She/her. Personal account.
(@amyeph from Twitter)
Walter @walterkatz.bsky.social Policy and politics at the intersection of race, tech, and justice.
MuckRack: https://muckrack.com/walter-katz/articles
NACDL @nacdl.org The nation’s criminal defense bar association & liberty's last champion since 1958. The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) envisions a society where all accused of crimes receive fair, rational, and humane treatment. linktr.ee/NACDL
Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social Michigan Law Prof.
Co-host, Strict Scrutiny Podcast
Author, NYT Bestseller “LAWLESS: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, & Bad Vibes”
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lawless/Leah-Litman/9781668054628
U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty @uscedp.bsky.social United to end the death penalty. FKA 8th Amendment Project. Learn more: https://enddeathpenalty.org/
Parisa Dehghani-Tafti @parisaforjustice.bsky.social Former public defender & innocence protection attorney, current elected prosecutor. Always social justice warrior. #Swiftie, #Trekkie, love Jane Austen
Devon Unger (He/Him) @devonunger.bsky.social Staff Attorney at the West Virginia Innocence Project, WVU Sports Fan, among other things.
Innocence Project Delaware @innocencedelaware.bsky.social We are driven to free the innocent of Delaware and meaningfully reform the system that wrongfully convicted them. 
Oregon Innocence Project @oregoninnocence.bsky.social We free wrongfully convicted Oregonians. Administered by ojrcenter.bsky.social. Member of the Innocence Network.
Bridge of Hope Innocence Initiative @bohinnocence.bsky.social Based at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, BOHII aims to investigate wrongful conviction claims while raising public consciousness about errors in the criminal justice system. Send applications and tips to innocence.initiative@rmit.edu.au
bohii.net
Aequitas Dimensions Podcast is only on Spotify. @aequitasdimensions.bsky.social True Crime but exclusively, tragic, unjust wrongful conviction cases, in the USA.
legal cat 🐾 @legalcat.bsky.social into my plants, vhs, kicking it with my kid, and us politics. scientist teaching defense attorneys about faulty forensics. questionable music taste. new england coded. if you know me irl, no you don’t. 🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🤙
OscarTheLawyer @oscarthelawyer.bsky.social Dominican Immigrant. NY Trial Lawyer, Law Professor. I fight to reverse wrongful convictions. Exonerated 9 men in 10 cases. www.michelenlaw.com
Fionn @fdallagh.bsky.social lawyer
Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social MA-based independent journalist. Wrongful convictions, police misconduct, and public records. And sometimes fun stuff too.
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Tennessee Innocence Project (www.tninnocence.org) @tninnocence.bsky.social The mission of the Tennessee Innocence Project (TIP) is to free innocent people wrongfully convicted of crimes they did not commit, to raise awareness of this pressing issue, and to drive policy reforms that prevent future wrongful convictions.
Justice Democrats @justicedemocrats.com Building The Bloc. We helped elect Summer Lee, Rashida Tlaib, Delia Ramirez, AOC, and more because we need a Democratic Party that fights for everyday people, not corporate donors.
Tom Sutton @crimepublisher.bsky.social #Criminology and Criminal Justice Publisher, posting about new books and #publishing activities.
For radio show-related gubbins, follow my Instagram @tomsuttoninsta80
Caitlin Glass @caitlinlglass.bsky.social Clinician directing the Antiracism & Community Lawyering Practicum @ BU Law.
Gigi Peterkin @gigipeterkin.bsky.social CEO & Founder Amplify PR 💋 award-winning writer
Nazgol Ghandnoosh @nazgolg.bsky.social Director of Research at The Sentencing Project | Sharer of Personal Views | Former Resident Alien
Witness To Innocence @wtiusa.bsky.social Empowering Exonerated Death Row Survivors Witness to Innocence is an organization of, by, and for death row exonerees.Our mission is to empower exonerated death row survivors to be the most powerful and effective voice in the fight to end the death penalty
Michelle Hogan @michellehogan.bsky.social 🇨🇦Not buying or selling but hope to help Seniors where I can. 🚫No DMs.🚫
Professional Retiree, Musician, 33rd Degree Cat Herder, one Mensa candidate that knows better.🇨🇦
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Innocence Network @innocencenetwork.bsky.social Freeing the innocent and preventing wrongful convictions, worldwide. #WrongfulConvictionDay #InnocenceConference- I Ivy Scott @ivyscott.bsky.social Data journalist in training, poetry fanatic, writer of many things!
Currently @ The Marshall Project, ex-Boston Globe, eternally from New York
Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social Journalist covering prisons and harsh sentencing. More fun than I sound.
Nashville, TN
https://theintercept.com/staff/liliana-segura/
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Robin M. Maher @robinmaher.bsky.social Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center (DPI) deathpenaltyinfo.org
mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com best-selling & award-winning comics idiot, beautiful giantess // buy SIMPLICITY on sale now // mattielubchansky.com // @nogodsnomayors.com // temporalculturewar.com // bass faithvoid.bandcamp.com // she
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
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The Lever @levernews.com Award-winning, reader-supported media outlet holding power accountable. LeverNews.com
Shayla Love @shaylalove.bsky.social Contributing writer at @newyorker.com
shayla-love.com
Death Penalty Action @deathpenaltyaction.bsky.social Lifting up the visibility & capacity of the anti #DeathPenalty movement. Join us!
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Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social Delivered effective, efficient, and secure digital services for the American people until we were forced to stop on March 1, 2025. Not an official government account. Reposts are not endorsements. Our new website: https://18f.org/ #AltGov
Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social Troublemaker extraordinaire, CA AD 72 Candidate, www.kluweoc.com
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Mattias De Backer @mattiasdebacker.bsky.social Research professor and researcher VUB Spatial and Urban Criminology. Editor @crimencounters
Father of two.
And musician in the Belgian postpunk band KORINTHIANS
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3434-4800
Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house. Opinions are my own (but they are correct)
https://mattdpearce.substack.com
Jenn @jennburrill.bsky.social Defender of Justice
🔹️Poverty is not a Crime, Accountability Not Persecution, Anti-Genocide, & Supporter of Many Paths to Citizenship
🔹️Land of Enchantment 🌶🔆🌵
🔹️CWRU Law Alum
Jed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social Prof Boston U. Law. JD/PhD History & dad jokes.
5th most-cited legal historian, 2019-23
Book: The People’s Courts. Next: A Faithful President: The Founders v. the Originalists
http://shugerblog.com
http://ssrn.com/author=625422
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Women Also Know Law @womenknowlaw.bsky.social 
AndyTarsy @andytarsy.bsky.social “What do most people say?”
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Ella Rabaiotti @ellarabaiotti.bsky.social Co-Head of Department for Criminology, Sociology & Social Policy, Swansea University | Former Probation Officer | Convenor of Wales Probation Development Group at Wales Centre for Crime & Social Justice
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4179-499X
Kris Inwood @kris-inwood.bsky.social Economic historian w broad interests including population health, First Nations, mobility, inequality & lives of the incarcerated. Directing https://thecanadianpeoples.com & editing Asia-Pacific EcHR https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2832157x
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Michael Olu. Akinlabi, PhD @drakinlabi.bsky.social Prog Lead, Professional Policing Degree at Northumbria Uni | Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Criminal Justice | Editor: Policing and the Rule of Law in Sub-Saharan Africa | Author: Police-citizen Relations in Nigeria | Co-Editor: Policing the Global South