Kyle Hopkins is special projects editor of the Anchorage Daily News. In 2019 he is working with ProPublica on a yearlong project as part of the Local Reporting Network, and is a recipient of the Online News Association / Google News Initiative Journalism 360 Challenge. Contact him at khopkins@adn.com.
A judge has declared a crisis in the state’s courts, saying turnover among public defenders is delaying criminal trials and denying justice for victims and defendants alike.
To improve what it calls a public safety emergency, the DOJ detailed how it will spend $10.5 million. Alaska Native advocates want long-term reforms to increase their role in local justice systems as well.
Anna Sattler’s rape kit sat untested for almost 20 years as Alaska’s backlog got worse. Now, an ex-Iditarod musher faces charges, and she’s speaking publicly about the attack for the first time.
Carmen Perzechino Jr. was charged after investigators matched his DNA to evidence that sat untested for years.
Long before city officials said they had no choice but to hire criminals as cops, justice was elusive in the Norton Sound village of Stebbins and neighboring St. Michael.
The seven officers in Stebbins explain their criminal records and what it’s like to serve as a police officer there.
In one village, every cop has been convicted of domestic violence within the past decade, including the chief. Only one has received formal law enforcement training of any kind.
After a visit to the state crime lab, Barr is expected to tour Bethel today to learn about the state’s unique law enforcement challenges.
Attorney General William Barr is on a four-day swing through Alaska to learn about unique public safety challenges facing remote villages without local law enforcement.
Something has changed in the way Alaskans talk about sexual assault. A yearlong partnership between the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica aims to highlight the stories of violence and survival in the Last Frontier.
Special report: A first-of-its-kind investigation by the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica found more than 70 Alaska communities — places with some of the highest rates of sexual assault in the U.S. — have no local police protection.
The methodology behind our investigation.
