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http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=showcase.view&showcaseid=70

How trusting should reporters be of law enforcement?
December 27, 2007

A small paper in Virginia recently produced an extraordinary 24-page special report on the authorities’ relentless pursuit of the wrong man in a serial-killing case — relating a series of missed clues, bad judgments, false statements and broken promises. Pamela Gould of the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star writes that the prosecution of Darrell Rice is a case study in why reporters need to be more skeptical of what police and prosecutors assert without proof – particularly when they are making assertions that go far beyond the actual charges.