Ethan Brown
@ethansbrown.bsky.social
Senior Editor for Collaborations @deepsouthtoday.org. Author: Murder in the Bayou, Shake the Devil Off, Snitch, Queens Reigns Supreme. https://ethan-brown.com/
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Ethan Brown
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· Aug 12
The Garrison Project Folds Into Deep South Today, Focusing Its Criminal Justice Reporting on the Deep South Region - Deep South Today
The Garrison Project, an award-winning investigative reporting initiative that collaborates with national and local newsrooms to explore criminal justice
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News: The Garrison Project will fold its operations into
@deepsouthtoday.org, a nonprofit network of local newsrooms that includes Mississippi Today and Verite News. Enormous thanks to all of my reporters and a 🧵of some of their stories. 1/8
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@deepsouthtoday.org, a nonprofit network of local newsrooms that includes Mississippi Today and Verite News. Enormous thanks to all of my reporters and a 🧵of some of their stories. 1/8
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After more than 25 years on death row, Jimmie Duncan inched one step closer to freedom Friday when Judge Alvin Sharp in Ouachita Parish granted him bail, setting it at $150,000. @veritenews.org @propublica.org veritenews.org/2025/11/21/j...
Jimmie Duncan granted bail
Jimmie Duncan was convicted of murder and sentenced to death 27 years ago. But this year, a judge vacated the verdict, finding that the state's case against him was rooted in debunked 'junk science.'
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November 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
After more than 25 years on death row, Jimmie Duncan inched one step closer to freedom Friday when Judge Alvin Sharp in Ouachita Parish granted him bail, setting it at $150,000. @veritenews.org @propublica.org veritenews.org/2025/11/21/j...
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This is seismic news. It's hard to overstate how big the implications are for both future prosecutions and wrongful convictions. This NJ decision could reshape how courts across the country treat shaken-baby expert testimony.
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NJ Bans ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ Evidence in Nationwide First (1)
Criminal prosecutors can’t build murder cases on medical diagnoses that the mere shaking of a baby, without further evidence of trauma, resulted in a child’s death, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled ...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This is seismic news. It's hard to overstate how big the implications are for both future prosecutions and wrongful convictions. This NJ decision could reshape how courts across the country treat shaken-baby expert testimony.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/n...
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In a brutal Mississippi jail, inmates say they were enlisted as enforcers
High-ranking inmates in the Rankin County jail known as trusties were ordered to do guards’ bidding, former inmates and guards said, and the culture of violence in the jail went straight to the top.
High-ranking inmates in the Rankin County jail known as trusties were ordered to do guards’ bidding, former inmates and guards said, and the culture of violence in the jail went straight to the top.
In a brutal Mississippi jail, inmates say they were enlisted as enforcers
High-ranking inmates in the Rankin County jail known as trusties were ordered to do guards’ bidding, former inmates and guards said, and the culture of violence in the jail went straight to the top.
mississippitoday.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
In a brutal Mississippi jail, inmates say they were enlisted as enforcers
High-ranking inmates in the Rankin County jail known as trusties were ordered to do guards’ bidding, former inmates and guards said, and the culture of violence in the jail went straight to the top.
High-ranking inmates in the Rankin County jail known as trusties were ordered to do guards’ bidding, former inmates and guards said, and the culture of violence in the jail went straight to the top.
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An extraordinary admission: "The Sheriff’s Office wishes to express its sincere regrets to Eric and Joan Meyer and Ruth and Ronald Herbel for its participation in the drafting and execution of the Marion Police Department’s search warrants on their homes and the Marion County Record" #ksleg
Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
An extraordinary admission: "The Sheriff’s Office wishes to express its sincere regrets to Eric and Joan Meyer and Ruth and Ronald Herbel for its participation in the drafting and execution of the Marion Police Department’s search warrants on their homes and the Marion County Record" #ksleg
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My latest: on Friday, a Tennessee appeals court ruled that new evidence didn’t prove Russell Maze's innocence--even though the medical examiner whose testimony helped convict Maze recanted and concluded Maze’s son died of natural causes, not from being shaken.
www.propublica.org/article/tenn...
www.propublica.org/article/tenn...
Appeals Court Upholds Shaken Baby Conviction Despite Medical Examiner Recanting Testimony
Dissenting from the court’s majority, one judge sounded the alarm about ignoring recanted forensic testimony, saying the medical examiner’s reversal “calls into doubt the foundation of the trial.”
www.propublica.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My latest: on Friday, a Tennessee appeals court ruled that new evidence didn’t prove Russell Maze's innocence--even though the medical examiner whose testimony helped convict Maze recanted and concluded Maze’s son died of natural causes, not from being shaken.
www.propublica.org/article/tenn...
www.propublica.org/article/tenn...
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Incredible to claim that “abolish the police” is in any way a Democratic policy
October 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Incredible to claim that “abolish the police” is in any way a Democratic policy
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In 2018, her office was given power to probe all police deaths in New York State. Zero convictions.
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/n...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
In 2018, her office was given power to probe all police deaths in New York State. Zero convictions.
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/n...
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/n...
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Reviewed @jacobsilverman.com’s Gilded Rage for @bloomberg.com. A smart, thorough look at the radicalization of silicon valley. Gift link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
What Really Drove Silicon Valley’s Shift to the Right
In Gilded Rage, journalist Jacob Silverman argues that a decade of free cash turned tech’s utopians into power brokers and made Trump their unlikely ally.
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October 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Reviewed @jacobsilverman.com’s Gilded Rage for @bloomberg.com. A smart, thorough look at the radicalization of silicon valley. Gift link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Reuters: NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES, LONGTIME TRUMP FOE, INDICTED ON CRIMINAL BANK FRAUD CHARGE -PERSON FAMILIAR
October 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Reuters: NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES, LONGTIME TRUMP FOE, INDICTED ON CRIMINAL BANK FRAUD CHARGE -PERSON FAMILIAR
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"The irregular has now become the regular."
At some point, ideally some point soon:
State bars need to start disbarring people.
And federal courts need to start stripping DOJ lawyers/AUSAs of their admission the district bar (which, for the feds, I think is a much bigger blow).
At some point, ideally some point soon:
State bars need to start disbarring people.
And federal courts need to start stripping DOJ lawyers/AUSAs of their admission the district bar (which, for the feds, I think is a much bigger blow).
In Unusual Move, Prosecutors Secure Federal Charges From Local Grand Jury
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"The irregular has now become the regular."
At some point, ideally some point soon:
State bars need to start disbarring people.
And federal courts need to start stripping DOJ lawyers/AUSAs of their admission the district bar (which, for the feds, I think is a much bigger blow).
At some point, ideally some point soon:
State bars need to start disbarring people.
And federal courts need to start stripping DOJ lawyers/AUSAs of their admission the district bar (which, for the feds, I think is a much bigger blow).
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Omg. I’ve never seen anything like this in a judicial opinion:
![Case 1:25-cv-10685-WGY Document 261
Filed 09/30/25
Page 1 of 161
Post card dated June 19, 2025
(On file in Chambers)
1 9/S UNE 2025
TRUMP HAS PARDONS
AND TANKS..
WHAT DO
You
HAVE?
Dear Mr. or Ms. Anonymous, Alone, I have nothing but my
sense of duty.
Together, We the People of the
United States -- you and me --have our magnificent Constitution.
Here's how that works out in a
specific case --
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS -- HARVARD FACULTY CHAPTER, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS AT NEW
YORK UNIVERSITY, RUTGERS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS-AMERICAN
FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, and
MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION,
Plaintiffs,
)
CIVIL ACTION NO.
25-10685-WGY
v.
MARCO RUBIO, in his official capacity as Secretary of State, and the DEPARTMENT OF STATE, KRISTI NOEM, in her official
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September 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Omg. I’ve never seen anything like this in a judicial opinion:
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BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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New Orleans has had the fewest murders this year since 1970. Carjackings are down 80% relative to 2022, vehicle burglaries are down 70%, shootings are down 63%. This is a wholly unnecessary stunt that will hurt local businesses.
#BREAKING
Governor Jeff Landry submits request to send in 1,000 Louisiana National Guard troops to cities like New Orleans.
The governor cites a rise in crime despite New Orleans reporting a massive declines in crime since 2023.
Governor Jeff Landry submits request to send in 1,000 Louisiana National Guard troops to cities like New Orleans.
The governor cites a rise in crime despite New Orleans reporting a massive declines in crime since 2023.
September 30, 2025 at 1:57 AM
New Orleans has had the fewest murders this year since 1970. Carjackings are down 80% relative to 2022, vehicle burglaries are down 70%, shootings are down 63%. This is a wholly unnecessary stunt that will hurt local businesses.
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Mayor Eric Adams of New York City plans to announce on Sunday that he will abandon his foundering campaign for a second term, upending the race to lead the nation’s largest city just five weeks before Election Day, according to two people briefed on his plans.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/n...
Eric Adams Plans to Abandon Re-election Bid for Mayor of New York City
www.nytimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Mayor Eric Adams of New York City plans to announce on Sunday that he will abandon his foundering campaign for a second term, upending the race to lead the nation’s largest city just five weeks before Election Day, according to two people briefed on his plans.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/n...
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BREAKING: The Federal Bureau of Prisons just terminated its union's collective bargaining agreement this afternoon, according to this letter posted online by the national union president:
September 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
BREAKING: The Federal Bureau of Prisons just terminated its union's collective bargaining agreement this afternoon, according to this letter posted online by the national union president:
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🚨 EXPLOSIVE NEW report based on the 18K emails @business obtained from Jeffrey Epstein's personal Yahoo account: new details about the academics, attorneys and media specialists who helped him—in different ways and to varying degrees
🧵
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
🧵
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
September 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
🚨 EXPLOSIVE NEW report based on the 18K emails @business obtained from Jeffrey Epstein's personal Yahoo account: new details about the academics, attorneys and media specialists who helped him—in different ways and to varying degrees
🧵
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
🧵
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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BREAKING
A federal judge found it "appears ... that multiple employees of the Department of Justice may have violated" local rules in SDNY guaranteeing Luigi Mangione's right to a fair trial.
Full order here storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A federal judge found it "appears ... that multiple employees of the Department of Justice may have violated" local rules in SDNY guaranteeing Luigi Mangione's right to a fair trial.
Full order here storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
BREAKING
A federal judge found it "appears ... that multiple employees of the Department of Justice may have violated" local rules in SDNY guaranteeing Luigi Mangione's right to a fair trial.
Full order here storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A federal judge found it "appears ... that multiple employees of the Department of Justice may have violated" local rules in SDNY guaranteeing Luigi Mangione's right to a fair trial.
Full order here storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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NEW: @makenakelly.bsky.social reports it like it is www.wired.com/story/brenda...
Brendan Carr Isn't Going to Stop Until Someone Makes Him
Experts say the FCC commissioner's conduct—testing how far the agency can go to limit speech without ever quite formally censoring it—is flatly unconstitutional. That won't make it stop.
www.wired.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
NEW: @makenakelly.bsky.social reports it like it is www.wired.com/story/brenda...
News: The North Carolina Parole Commission has settled a lawsuit brought by Bret Abrams, incarcerated for more than 42 years for a crime he committed at age 14. A judge has acknowledged that "worryingly, incorrect information was included" in Abrams' parole reviews. 1/2 www.wfae.org/crime-justic...
NC parole system blocks chance prisoners have of release for crimes committed as teens, suit says
The North Carolina Post-Release and Parole Commission has denied Brett Abrams release more than 20 times since 1993, even after a federal district court judge blasted the commission in 2015 for not pr...
www.wfae.org
September 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
News: The North Carolina Parole Commission has settled a lawsuit brought by Bret Abrams, incarcerated for more than 42 years for a crime he committed at age 14. A judge has acknowledged that "worryingly, incorrect information was included" in Abrams' parole reviews. 1/2 www.wfae.org/crime-justic...
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New Tyler Robinson posts leaked to me tell a very different story than you've heard before:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
Exclusive: Leaked Messages from Charlie Kirk Assassin
Accused shooter’s “politics” is not what government and media say
www.kenklippenstein.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
New Tyler Robinson posts leaked to me tell a very different story than you've heard before:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
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Begging journalists not to report on crime trends like this. DC crime was already falling relative to 2024 prior to the federal intervention, so it comes as no surprise that it was also down during this stretch.
September 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Begging journalists not to report on crime trends like this. DC crime was already falling relative to 2024 prior to the federal intervention, so it comes as no surprise that it was also down during this stretch.
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On President Trump’s orders, thousands of local police, federal agents and troops have fanned out across the nation’s capital making arrests.
But the 1,273 arrest records reviewed by The Post offer an up-close look at how the police surge has played out.
But the 1,273 arrest records reviewed by The Post offer an up-close look at how the police surge has played out.
Who was arrested in Trump's D.C. crime emergency? We analyzed 1,273 records.
The 1,273 arrest records reviewed by The Post offer an up-close, on-the-ground look at how the police surge has played out on the city's streets.
wapo.st
September 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
On President Trump’s orders, thousands of local police, federal agents and troops have fanned out across the nation’s capital making arrests.
But the 1,273 arrest records reviewed by The Post offer an up-close look at how the police surge has played out.
But the 1,273 arrest records reviewed by The Post offer an up-close look at how the police surge has played out.
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Exclusive: The Trump administration has drafted a proposal to activate 1,000 Louisiana National Guard troops to serve in a law enforcement mission in the state’s “urban centers.”
Pentagon plan envisions 1,000 troops for Louisiana policing mission
Documents reviewed by The Post illustrate the Trump administration’s evolving strategy for sending the military into cities with Democratic majorities.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Exclusive: The Trump administration has drafted a proposal to activate 1,000 Louisiana National Guard troops to serve in a law enforcement mission in the state’s “urban centers.”
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Oh, this is REALLY important for thinking abt how the surge affected crime.
There was a great paper recently abt Covid, using cellphone data to show that while crime PER CAPITA dropped in 2020, things were less rosy for, say, robbery when looking at crime PER PERSON-HOUR OUTSIDE.
There was a great paper recently abt Covid, using cellphone data to show that while crime PER CAPITA dropped in 2020, things were less rosy for, say, robbery when looking at crime PER PERSON-HOUR OUTSIDE.
If the federal show of force in Washington has had a deterrent effect on crime, it appears to have deterred entirely normal aspects of city life, too.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
September 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Oh, this is REALLY important for thinking abt how the surge affected crime.
There was a great paper recently abt Covid, using cellphone data to show that while crime PER CAPITA dropped in 2020, things were less rosy for, say, robbery when looking at crime PER PERSON-HOUR OUTSIDE.
There was a great paper recently abt Covid, using cellphone data to show that while crime PER CAPITA dropped in 2020, things were less rosy for, say, robbery when looking at crime PER PERSON-HOUR OUTSIDE.
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EXCLUSIVE/BOMBSHELL: @bloomberg.com has obtained **18K** previously unreported emails from Jeffery Epstein's personal Yahoo account. The emails are disturbing & revelatory & reveal new details about Ghilaine Maxwell's role
FREE to read
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
FREE to read
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
![“Question,” Epstein wrote to Maxwell on May 23, 2008. “Which one do you prefer,,, lewd and lscivious conduct ,, or procuring minors for prostituion.”
At the time, he and his star-studded team of defense lawyers were closing in on a generous plea deal with federal and state officials in Florida, and Epstein was trying to negotiate the state charges to which he’d plead guilty. Maxwell’s response was matter-of-fact:
From: gmax <gmax[REDACTED]>
To: J. Epstein <jeeproject@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, May 23 2008 3:22 PM
Subject: Re:
I suppose Lewd and lecivious conduct..I would prefer lewd and lescivious conduct w/a prositute if possible](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eeitvtxcbjt3vmljqfmwzahz/bafkreidw4qmdfvf3j7jmvtgppacjdnk4ffdvzipnd4sgxqx7kpkwirqmaq@jpeg)
September 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
EXCLUSIVE/BOMBSHELL: @bloomberg.com has obtained **18K** previously unreported emails from Jeffery Epstein's personal Yahoo account. The emails are disturbing & revelatory & reveal new details about Ghilaine Maxwell's role
FREE to read
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
FREE to read
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...