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| 220 Sept. 14-16, 2018 |
Reporting A Retired Judge’s Questionable Practice, Revisited — Des Moines Register investigative reporter Clark Kauffman talks with IowaWatch’s Lily Bohlke about a story he did that exposed a judge who let attorneys draft rulings for him in cases over which he presided. Categories: Criminal Justice, Government and Politics Guests:
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| 214 Aug. 3-5, 2018 |
Under The Gun, Revisited — Journalism students at Buena Vista University who ordinarily report on the university’s KBVU radio took their questions about why gun violence continues in schools, and how to stop it, to several Iowans. Categories: Education, Criminal Justice Guests:
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| 212 July 20-22, 2018 |
Reporting A Questionable Practice By A Retired Judge — Des Moines Register investigative reporter Clark Kauffman talks with IowaWatch reporter Lily Bohlke about a story he did that exposed a judge who let attorneys draft rulings for him in cases over which he presided. Categories: Criminal Justice Guests:
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| 205 June 1-3, 2018 |
Under The Gun — Journalism students at Buena Vista University who ordinarily report on the university’s KBVU radio took their questions about why gun violence continues in schools, and how to stop it, to several Iowans. Categories: Education, Criminal Justice Guests:
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| 202 May 11-13, 2018 |
Campus Assault Reporting — Despite faculty and staff efforts to educate students about sexual assault prevention and reporting, colleges and universities in Iowa struggle to measure how effective these initiatives are on their campuses. Categories: Education, Criminal Justice Guests:
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| 179 Dec. 1-3, 2017 |
Controversial Police Interrogation Techniques Revisited — Supporters say it gets the toughest criminals to confess but does one particular interrogation technique also convince innocent people to confess to something they didn’t do? Categories: Criminal Justice Guests:
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| 162 August 4-6, 2017 |
Controversial Police Interrogation Techniques — Supporters say it gets the toughest criminals to confess but does one particular interrogation technique also convince innocent people to confess to something they didn’t do? Categories: Criminal Justice Guests:
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159 July 14-16, 2017 |
Cyber Identity Theft, Revisited — Iowans increasingly are becoming targets of identity thefts. Reports were up 30 percent in one year alone. Protecting your personal information in cyberspace is our topic. Categories: Criminal Justice, Government and Politics Guests:
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| 133 January 13-15, 2017 |
The Crusading Editor Verne Marshall And His War On Corruption in 1930s Iowa — He exposed corruption and helped his newspaper win a Pulitzer Prize in the 1930s. But how one-time Cedar Rapids Gazette Editor Verne Marshall did it was anything but ordinary. Listen to the IowaWatch Connection podcast. Categories: Criminal Justice Guests:
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| 117 September 23 – 25 |
Heroin in the Heartland Revisited — It was a drug that was popular in the 70s, and its resurgence today is called an epidemic by some. Categories: Health and Environment, Criminal Justice Guests:
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| 106 July 8 – 10 |
Removing the Stigma Revisited, Part 2 — The second in a series of programs on Pulitzer Prize-winning Iowa journalists and the stories they told that added to our state’s history. This program is part two of a two-part series, remembering a ground-breaking series that helped removed the stigma from rape. Categories: Criminal Justice Guests:
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| 105 July 1 – 3 |
Removing the Stigma Revisited, Part 1 — The first in a series of programs on Pulitzer Prize-winning Iowa journalists and the stories they told that added to our state’s history. This program is part one of a two-part series, remembering a ground-breaking series that helped removed the stigma from rape. Categories: Criminal Justice Guests:
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| 104 June 24 – 26 |
Heroin in the Heartland — Forty-four people die everyday in the U.S. from overdose of prescription pain killers, according to statistics provided by the U.S. Attorney’s office. Annually those overdose deaths exceed motor vehicle or firearms deaths. Iowa communities are working to address addiction issues, but for some those efforts are too late. Categories: Health and Environment, Criminal Justice Guests:
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| 92 April 1 – 3 |
Removing the Stigma, Part 2 — The second in a series of programs on Pulitzer Prize-winning Iowa journalists and the stories they told that added to our state’s history. This program is part two of a two-part series, remembering a ground-breaking series that helped removed the stigma from rape. Categories: Criminal Justice Guests:
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| 91 March 25 – 27 |
Removing the Stigma, Part 1 — The first in a series of programs on Pulitzer Prize-winning Iowa journalists and the stories they told that added to our state’s history. This program is part one of a two-part series, remembering a ground-breaking series that helped removed the stigma from rape. Categories: Criminal Justice Guests:
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| 90 March 18 – 20 |
The Fight Against Opioid Addiction — Iowa is one of seven states that has not expanded access to a life-saving drug that can reverse overdoses of heroin and certain pain medications. Previous attempts failed in part due to concerns about consequences to law enforcement. Categories: Government and Politics, Criminal Justice Guests:
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| 86 Feb. 19-21 |
Criminal Justice Reform, Part 2 — Some are advocating major changes in how we handle crime and criminals. But is that being soft on crime, or smart on crime? Categories: Criminal Justice Guests:
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| 85 Feb. 12 – 14 |
Criminal Justice Reform, Part 1 Revisited — Some are advocating major changes in how we handle crime and criminals. But is that being soft on crime, or smart on crime? Categories: Criminal Justice Guests:
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| 81 Jan. 15 – 17 |
The Fight Against Opioid Addiction — Iowa is one of seven states that have not expanded access to a life-saving drug that can reverse overdoses of heroin and certain pain medications. Previous attempts failed in part due to concerns about consequences to law enforcement. Categories: Government and Politics, Criminal Justice Guests:
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| 80 Jan. 8 – 10 |
Gun Violence in Iowa Revisited — The number of shootings in Iowa’s major cities is increasing, but law enforcement says it’s due to a small number of people. Categories: Criminal Justice Guests:
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| 71 Nov. 6 – 8 |
Cold Cases — The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism helped the Iowa Newspaper Association, the Des Moines Register and other participating newspapers with one story for a statewide project focusing on various murder “cold cases” in Iowa. This is the story about one northeast Iowa murder that remains unsolved, involving two young cousins and a small town that is committed to preserving their memory. Categories: Criminal Justice Guests:
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| 69 Oct. 23-25 |
Criminal Justice Reform, Part 2 — Some are advocating major changes in how we handle crime and criminals. But is that being soft on crime, or smart on crime? Categories: Criminal Justice Guests:
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| 68 Oct. 16-18 |
Criminal Justice Reform — Some are advocating major changes in how we handle crime and criminals. But is that being soft on crime, or smart on crime? Categories: Criminal Justice Guests:
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| 66 Oct. 2-4 |
Gun Violence in Iowa — The number of shootings in Iowa’s major cities is increasing, but law enforcement says it’s due to a small number of people. Categories: Criminal Justice Guests:
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59 August 14-16 |
Breaking the Cycle: Meth Addiction in the Heartland — Examining the impact methamphetamine has on children raised in a home with a parent addicted to the drug, from an IowaWatch documentary on the topic. We’ll hear from recovering addicts, prosecutors, and care professionals about their efforts to address the problem. Categories: Criminal Justice, Health Guests:
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| 57 July 31-August 2 |
Cold Cases — The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism helped the Iowa Newspaper Association, the Des Moines Register and other participating newspapers with one story for a statewide project focusing on various murder “cold cases” in Iowa. This is the story about one northeast Iowa murder that remains unsolved, involving two young cousins and a small town that is committed to preserving their memory. Categories: Criminal Justice Guests:
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| 50 June 12-14 |
Graffiti and Street Art — Is graffiti a form of vandalism…a form of art…or both at the same time? Graffiti has been transformed from simply writing a name on a wall, to a cultural phenomenon with competitive aspects. Categories: Guests:
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| 43 April 24-26 |
Sentencing Disparities Revisited — African Americans are just 3.3 percent of Iowa’s population, but they make up 26 percent of the state’s prison population. What’s behind criminal sentencing discrepancies, and what might be done about it? Categories: Government, Criminal Justice Guests:
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