Longreads Best of 2019: Crime Reporting

Pamela ColloffProPublica senior reporter and New York Times Magazine staff writer.

Pamela ColloffProPublica 资深记者和《纽约时报》杂志特约撰稿人。

## Show of Force (Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker)

## 武力展示（雷切尔·阿维夫，《纽约客》）

Every Rachel Aviv story is a marvel, and “Show of Force” — which looks at the intersection of domestic violence and law enforcement — is no exception.

雷切尔·阿维夫的每一个故事都是一个奇迹，《武力的展示》——着眼于家庭暴力和执法的交叉点——也不例外。

In language that is both spare and foreboding, Aviv builds detail upon detail as she sketches the contours of a troubled new marriage in Spalding County, Georgia.

阿维夫用既简洁又不祥的语言，逐个细节地勾勒出佐治亚州斯伯丁县一段陷入困境的新婚姻的轮廓。

She notes that Jessica and Matthew Boynton, the protagonists of her story, left their wedding reception “after less than an hour” and that “Matthew wore a titanium wedding ring with a blue stripe, to signify that he was in law enforcement.” As these small but revelatory details accumulate, so, too, does a growing sense of dread.

她指出，故事的主角杰西卡和马修·博因顿“不到一个小时”就离开了他们的婚宴，并且“马修戴着一枚带有蓝色条纹的钛制结婚戒指，表明他是执法人员。”随着这些微小但具有启发性的细节的积累，恐惧感也与日俱增。

Aviv illuminates the real human cost behind the chilling statistics that suggest law enforcement officers are more likely to abuse their spouses, making it clear that Jessica, despite being in grave harm, has nowhere to turn.

阿维夫揭示了令人毛骨悚然的统计数据背后的真实人员成本，这些数据表明执法人员更有可能虐待其配偶，这清楚地表明杰西卡尽管受到严重伤害，却无处可逃。

By the time I reached the story’s denouement, my heart was in my throat.

当我读到故事的结局时，我的心提到了嗓子眼。

Susan ChiraEditor-in-chief of The Marshall Project.

苏珊·奇拉（Susan Chira）《马歇尔计划》的主编。

Chira worked for The New York Times for nearly 40 years as a reporter and editor, and shared the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for coverage of sexual harassment.

奇拉在《纽约时报》担任记者和编辑近 40 年，并因报道性骚扰而分享了 2018 年普利策公共服务奖。

## The King of Dreams (Christie Thompson, The Marshall Project)

## 梦想之王（克里斯蒂·汤普森，《马歇尔计划》）

This grippingly-written and deeply-reported story exposed the scams of a Texas con artist who made millions promising prisoners’ families their most cherished dream: bringing their children home.

这个写得扣人心弦、报道深刻的故事揭露了一位德克萨斯州骗子的骗局，他让数百万有希望的囚犯家庭成为他们最珍视的梦想：带他们的孩子回家。

Thompson, a staff reporter for The Marshall Project, describes how this conman falsely promised them he could obtain reduced sentences and led them on to exhaust their life savings, in many cases.

马歇尔计划的记者汤普森描述了这个骗子如何向他们虚假承诺他可以减刑，并在很多情况下导致他们耗尽毕生积蓄。

It’s a window into the desperation and vulnerability of the millions of Americans who love someone who is incarcerated.

这是一扇窗户，让我们了解数百万爱被监禁之人的美国人的绝望和脆弱。

## Taken: How police departments make millions by seizing property (Anna Lee, Nathaniel Cary, and Mike Ellis, The Greenville News)

## 拍摄：警察部门如何通过没收财产赚取数百万美元（Anna Lee、Nathaniel Cary 和 Mike Ellis，《格林维尔新闻》）

One of the great truisms about criminal justice is that it’s local.

关于刑事司法的最伟大的真理之一是它是地方性的。

At a time when local journalism is increasingly endangered — along with the prospect of accountability for local wrongs — here’s an example of a compellingly reported and written investigation by the intrepid staff of this Greenville, S.C., newspaper.

在当地新闻业日益受到威胁以及对当地错误承担责任的前景之际，这是这家南卡罗来纳州格林维尔报纸勇敢的工作人员进行的令人信服的报道和书面调查的一个例子。

They examined statewide civil asset forfeitures over three years and found that not only did the state seize more than $17 million in property, but also that black men were disproportionately the targets.

他们检查了三年来全州范围内没收的民事资产，发现该州不仅没收了超过 1700 万美元的财产，而且黑人男性也成为了不成比例的目标。

Aura BogadoInvestigative immigration reporter at Reveal, from The Center for Investigative Reporting

奥拉·博加多 (Aura Bogado) 调查报道中心 Reveal 的移民调查记者

## Bound by Statute (Ko Bragg and Melissa Lewis, Reveal)

## 受法规约束（Ko Bragg 和 Melissa Lewis，Reveal）

When reporter Ko Bragg spotted a story about a 13-year-old who was being tried as an adult in Mississippi, she wondered if there were others like him.

当记者 Ko Bragg 发现密西西比州一名 13 岁青少年作为成年人接受审判的故事时，她想知道是否还有其他人像他一样。

Her investigation, meticulously examined with data reporter Melissa Lewis, uncovered that nearly 5,000 children were charged as adults in the state in the last 25 years.

她与数据记者梅丽莎·刘易斯 (Melissa Lewis) 进行的仔细调查发现，过去 25 年里，该州有近 5,000 名儿童被当作成年人指控。

They found that racial discrepancies abound: three in every four of the children are black; sentences for black minors tried as adults average twice as long as sentences for white minors charged as adults; and even when white kids are handed longer sentences, they’re released much sooner than black kids.

他们发现种族差异比比皆是：四分之三的孩子是黑人；黑人未成年人作为成年人受审的刑期平均是白人未成年人作为成年人受审的刑期的两倍；即使白人孩子被判更长的刑期，他们的释放也比黑人孩子早得多。

Bragg’s elegant writing follows the devastating story of a child named Isaiah who spent nine months in pretrial detention — sometimes in solitary confinement, other times with adults — before being dragged into court shackled at the waist and ankles.

布拉格优雅的写作讲述了一个名叫以赛亚的孩子的毁灭性故事，他被审前拘留了九个月——有时是单独监禁，有时是与成年人一起——然后被拖进法庭，腰部和脚踝都被铐住。

Photographer Imani Khayyam captures intimate moments between a son and mother who illustrate the toll that the state’s laws have taken on their family.

摄影师伊玛尼·海亚姆 (Imani Khayyam) 捕捉到了儿子和母亲之间的亲密瞬间，这些瞬间说明了该州的法律给他们的家庭带来的损失。

But perhaps most compelling is the way the work seemlessly reaches into history to find the origins of this inequity in chattle slavery.

但也许最引人注目的是这部作品无缝地深入历史，寻找奴隶制中这种不平等的根源。

The writing explains how the practice of robbing black children of their childhood was upheld through Reconstruction, then made a feature of white mob violence, and finally codified into law — the same law that prosecutors and judges say bind them to perpetuate the inequity today.

这篇文章解释了剥夺黑人儿童童年的做法如何在重建时期得到维护，然后成为白人暴徒暴力的一个特征，最后编入法律——检察官和法官说，同样的法律要求他们继续维持今天的不平等。

Josie Duffy RicePresident of The Appeal, a news publication that publishes original journalism about the criminal justice system.

乔西·达菲·赖斯 (Josie Duffy Rice) 是《上诉》杂志的主席，该杂志出版有关刑事司法系统的原创新闻。

Co-host of the podcast Justice in America.

美国正义播客的联合主持人。

## False Witness (Pamela Colloff, ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine)

## 虚假证人（Pamela Colloff、ProPublica 和《纽约时报杂志》）

Pam Colloff’s story on jailhouse informants is one of the best stories I’ve read this year.

帕姆·科洛夫关于监狱线人的故事是我今年读过的最好的故事之一。

It’s a topic that sounds like it could get technical — Pam’s reporting drew on thousands of pages of public records, covering half a century of criminal cases in Texas and Florida — but in true Pam fashion, this piece is completely and totally fascinating.

这个话题听起来像是技术性的——帕姆的报告引用了数千页的公共记录，涵盖了德克萨斯州和佛罗里达州半个世纪的刑事案件——但在真正的帕姆风格中，这篇文章完全非常令人着迷。

It’s also enraging.

这也令人愤怒。

The main character is a real piece of work, manipulative and charming and unrepentant.

主角是一部真正的作品，善于操纵、迷人且不悔改。

The ways in which he’s charmed women, cops, and juries, destroying peoples lives in the process, must be read to be believed.

他如何迷惑女性、警察和陪审团，并在此过程中摧毁人们的生活，必须读过才能相信。

Incredible reporting, remarkable storytelling.

令人难以置信的报道，非凡的故事讲述。

I remain in awe.

我仍然保持敬畏之心。

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注册以获取帕梅拉·科洛夫 (Pamela Colloff) 的电子邮件更新，了解她对监狱线人的调查以及她如何报道这个故事。

Sarah WeinmanAuthor of The Real Lolita and editor of crime anthologies, including the forthcoming Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit, and Obsessions

莎拉·温曼（Sarah Weinman）《真正的洛丽塔》的作者和犯罪选集的编辑，包括即将出版的《不可言说的行为：犯罪、谋杀、欺骗和痴迷的真实故事》

## The Minnesota Murderess (Christine Seifert, The Atavist)

## 明尼苏达女凶手（克里斯汀·塞弗特、返祖派）

Seifert’s historical yarn starts out as a true crime tale but looks more broadly at the ways in which media has always incited panic about women exercising any form of independence in their lives.

塞弗特的历史故事一开始是一个真实的犯罪故事，但更广泛地审视了媒体总是如何煽动对女性在生活中行使任何形式的独立的恐慌。

## He Cyberstalked Teen Girls For Years — Then They Fought Back (Stephanie Clifford, WIRED)

## 他对青少年女孩进行网络跟踪多年，然后她们反击（Stephanie Clifford，《连线》杂志）

Catherine CusickLongreads Head of Audience and host of The Longreads Podcast

Catherine Cusick Longreads 观众主管兼 Longreads 播客主持人

## How judicial conflicts of interest are denying poor Texans their right to an effective lawyer / How the Unchecked Power of Judges Is Hurting Poor Texans (Neena Satija, Texas Tribune and Texas Monthly)

## 司法利益冲突如何剥夺贫穷的德克萨斯人聘请有效律师的权利/不受限制的法官权力如何伤害贫穷的德克萨斯人（Neena Satija、《德克萨斯论坛报》和《德克萨斯月刊》）

In 1963, the United States Supreme Court ruled that states are required, under the Sixth Amendment, to provide an attorney to defendants in criminal cases who are unable to afford their own counsel.

1963年，美国最高法院裁定，根据第六修正案，各州必须为无力聘请律师的刑事案件被告提供律师。

How states should pay for this defense, crucially, is left up to the states.

至关重要的是，各州应如何支付这种防御费用，由各州自行决定。

For Texas Monthly and the Texas Tribune, Neena Satija exposes the undeniable structural flaws that prohibit funding indigent defense properly in Texas.

尼娜·萨蒂亚 (Neena Satija) 在《德克萨斯月刊》和《德克萨斯论坛报》上揭露了不可否认的结构性缺陷，这些缺陷阻碍了德克萨斯州为贫困国防提供适当的资金。

Satija has done readers an incredible service by recreating the bewilderment of encountering these judicial paywalls from both sides of the bench, bringing much needed humanity to straightening out so many convoluted conflicts of interest.

萨蒂亚为读者提供了令人难以置信的服务，再现了法官双方面对这些司法付费墙的困惑，为理清如此多错综复杂的利益冲突带来了急需的人性。

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