The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "prosecutors" ...
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How You, Too, Can Dig Up The Past
Nobody is going to tell you the whole story on a crime, especially if it's been a while since authorities brushed off the dust on it. Mitchell tells you how to do it yourself, how to dig into records, scour past coverage, and follow the paper trail to humanized testimonies. By the time you are finished reading Mitchell's tipsheet, you will be one step closer to thinking like a detective, like a prosecutor, and like a historian... and yes, that means "think outside the box." Mitchell tells you all from excavating the evidence to avoiding to dash your foot against a stone: what to do if someone says you cannot have the evidence, if people are shutting up, or if someone does not want to talk. He puts forth the rules of thumb and how to talk to targets.
Tags: investigation; investigating; investigative; criminal record; digging into past; sources; records; paper trail; interviews; ambush; detective; prosecutor; historian; courthouse; crime; court; docket.
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Tipsheet No: 2108
This tipsheet provides a brief overview of how to cover federal courts. It talks about the independent parts of the federal court system...with information on investigative agencies, U.S. Attorneys, and judges. It talks about enforcement trends, and federal court policies.
Tags: federal courts; U.S. Attorneys; attorney general; judges; federal prosecutors; enforcement
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Covering a local prosecutor's office effectively day to day
In the criminal justice system, not everything plays out like Law & Order. Sometimes the prosecutor is the bad guy. Steve Weinberg discusses how journalists can improve the coverage of their local prosecutor and why it is so important in this informative tipsheet.
Tags: prosecutors; crime; law; courts; lawyers; district attorney; prosecutorial misconduct; plea bargains
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Insider's Guide to Washington: Department of Justice
The Department of Justice has become "one of the fastest growing departments in the federal government, with 107,000 employees and a budget that more than doubled in the past decade." Justice includes nearly every federal law enforcement agency, and "every major issue" passes through it. This tipsheet provides a rundown on how the department is structured, who the players are, and the names and numbers of contacts within Justice and the FBI. A list of databases and useful websites is provided, as well as contact information for relevant Congressional committees and outside groups.
Tags: justice; FBI; DOJ; ATF; DEA; ashcroft; prosecutor; attorney; civil; criminal; terrorism; FOIA; executive branch
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Judging the judicial system
Delays in the judicial system can last months and years longer than reasonable. The Courier Journal's investigation into this issue illustrated the severity of the problem in Bullitt County. Schaver passes along pointers to reporters working on similar stories.
Tags: judges; lawyers; law; judicial system; prosecutors; bail bonds; database. felonies; felony
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Prosecutors: Exemplary conduct and misconduct
Weinberg offers warning signs to journalists that a prosecutor is misbehaving.
Tags: Law; prosecutors; misconduct
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Writing about Misconduct by Prosecutors
This short but informative tipsheet gives hints on how to cover and write about prosecutorial misconduct. It has some common sense and some real nitty gritty information as well.
Tags: law; lawyer misconduct
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Covering the Courts
A useful list of what to do and where to search for information in the Court system, completed with a list of 11 essential tips.
Tags: courts; judge; prosecutor; criminal record
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Bureau of Justice: Special Report
A special BJS survey examines the nature and extent of family murder based on data compiled from prosecutors' files in 33 counties. Audio tape is available for purchase from the IRE Resource Center. Contact us at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org
Tags: Crime; Justice System; Domestic Violence; Fraticide
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Tipsheet No: 155
TRAC offers "Federal Prosecutor's Criminal Diskette Series" disks. Disks contain information about all U.S. Attorneys. Derived from Justice Department records, disks have 340 data items, including referrals, declinations, prosecutions and convictions. Letter explains where to buy and disks and specific data information, formats, etc.
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