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Submitted by propublica_ t3_10h5x7n in IAmA

court because they know it doesn’t have a reliable scientific foundation. In reporting [this series](https://www.propublica.org/article/911-call-analysis-fbi-police-courts), I found that those responsible for ensuring honest police work and fair trials — from police training ... bothered to ask even basic questions about the program. [Here’s the story](https://www.propublica.org/article/911-call-analysis-jessica-logan-evidence) I wrote about a young mother in Illinois who was sent to prison for allegedly killing her baby after ... need help for my baby. [Here’s a graphic that shows how it all works](https://www.propublica.org/article/911-call-analysis-jessica-logan-evidence/#audio-tool). The program’s chief architect, Tracy Harpster, is a former cop from Ohio with little homicide investigation

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FrostyFoss t1_j1gyxqx wrote

targeting people who claim the EITC AKA the poor. https://www.propublica.org/article/earned-income-tax-credit-irs-audit-working-poor https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-now-audits-poor-americans-at-about-the-same-rate-as-the-top-1-percent >According to data released by the IRS last week, millionaires in 2018 were about 80% less likely ... taxpayers continue to bear the brunt of the IRS’ remaining force. [As we reported last year](https://www.propublica.org/article/earned-income-tax-credit-irs-audit-working-poor), Americans who receive the earned income tax credit, one of the country’s largest anti-poverty

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Submitted by BeamStop23 t3_11a1bgs in newjersey

forgiveness rate of 1% of all debt and that's **after** allowing discharge when you die](https://www.propublica.org/article/new-jersey-will-no-longer-collect-loans-from-families-of-dead-students). It is a business such to the point they [resorted to gaming online reviews through bribery ... www.propublica.org/article/new-jersey-student-loan-agency-getting-good-reviews-giving-free-stuff) When you take a loan through them it actually gets packaged with other loans and sold as a private bond investment to private investors. Returns are marketed as guaranteed to these private investors

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scotticusphd t1_iuag0uz wrote

www.propublica.org/article/big-lie-trump-stolen-election-inside-creation](https://www.propublica.org/article/big-lie-trump-stolen-election-inside-creation) When you scratch the surface of the avalanche of lies, very little actual evidence is there. People have done this journalism. Trump lost in elections where republican governors and congressional candidates and senators

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mooseLimbsCatLicks OP t1_iugjvr4 wrote

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685327592 t1_iv1w3rz wrote

income. Even when they do report income it's peanuts compared to their actual wealth. https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax In some cases these Billionaires have even received credits meant for the poor: https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-claimed-tax-credit-for-children-propublica-2021-6

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hastur777 t1_iz1mtfh wrote

there is interesting information on the goings on of the Wuhan lab at the time. https://www.propublica.org/article/senate-report-covid-19-origin-wuhan-lab

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Ranger176 t1_j06fqwp wrote

already familiar with this topic to save time. Here’s a [good primer](https://www.propublica.org/article/long-secret-fbi-report-reveals-new-connections-between-9-11-hijackers-and-saudi-religious-officials-in-u-s/amp) to catch up. There are three things these files do prove: 1. Bayoumi was in fact a Saudi

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AmbulatingGiraffe t1_j1ugwcm wrote

that accuracy is not distributed evenly across different groups. For instance, the [COMPAS expose](https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing) revealed that an algorithm being used to predict who would commit crimes had significantly higher false positive rates

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P2PJones t1_j21rg2b wrote

there as good, and intimidating people with it. Seriously, you should [read the expo on that](https://www.propublica.org/article/911-call-analysis-fbi-police-courts). It's more '[bite mark](https://theintercept.com/2016/09/23/fbi-and-doj-vow-to-continue-using-junk-science-rejected-by-white-house-report/)' and '[stitch pattern](https://www.techdirt.com/2019/01/23/fbi-forensic-experts-claim-mass-produced-jeans-shirts-are-as-distinct-as-fingerprints-dna/)' bullshit

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AbsentEmpire t1_j2epnwq wrote

cases get court diversionary program](https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-district-attorney-larry-krasner-gun-possession-cases-diverted-ard-probationary-program-20190623.html) [What Philadelphia Reveals About America’s Homicide Surge ](https://www.propublica.org/article/philadelphia-homicide-surge)

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tiregroove t1_j7wcza5 wrote

real time. It's called RealPage and they're already being investigated by the DOJ. [https://www.propublica.org/article/yieldstar-realpage-rent-doj-investigation-antitrust](https://www.propublica.org/article/yieldstar-realpage-rent-doj-investigation-antitrust) **Also landlords' warehousing' units.** Here's a deep-dive that refutes the influx of 'people returning from

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2q_x t1_j8cvb9a wrote

arrestyourdebt.com/amway-pyramid-scheme/) [ProPublica: Voucher Program Helps Well-Off Vermonters Pay for Prep School at Public Expense](https://www.propublica.org/article/voucher-program-helps-well-off-vermonters-pay-prep-school-at-public-expense) EDIT 2: Upon reflection, the above metaphor may be a little too gracious. Amway actually generates

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HockeyMusings t1_j8g32br wrote

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jurisdiction*. Since you haven’t provided a single link, here’s another for you for [ProPublica](https://www.propublica.org/article/new-docs-detail-how-feds-downplayed-ground-zero-health-risks) ripping the EPA for telling the community the air was safe but: > Officials seemed

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Legal-Software t1_j8h8bti wrote

things like private companies in the US providing [non-transparent prison sentencing recommendations using AI](https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing), where things like skin colour were picked up by the model as relevant factors in determining sentencing

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Acadia_Due t1_j8osc1a wrote

have an opinion except to say if we taxed billionaires their fair share (not [3.4%](https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax)) maybe we could use that money to alleviate the problem somehow

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JohnSith t1_jadlrbp wrote

severe and the authorities more capable, according to thousands of leaked directives and other files. >https://www.propublica.org/article/leaked-documents-show-how-chinas-army-of-paid-internet-trolls-helped-censor-the-coronavirus/ --- **All the early COVID-19 stories censored off Chinese internet** >The article translated below, which

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Excelius t1_jahzdcb wrote

been [well known for years](https://www.propublica.org/article/truth-behind-new-sirchie-field-test-for-confronting-fentanyl) that the field tests that police use to detect illegal drugs are error prone, a lot of innocent people have been arrested and charged because of false

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