Live interview with CBSN following the shooting of Sandra Bland. Continue reading CBS News — Sandra Bland Arrest

Jeffrey Butts, director of the Research and Evaluation Center at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, reviewed Outside the Lines’ methodology and said it was a valid way to measure differences in prosecution. He said it would have been helpful to include only students in the subset of 18- to 24-year-old males, but that information was not available for each case. … As to the findings showing the difference in the percentage of athlete cases compared with 18- to 24-year-old males in which no charges were filed or they were dropped or dismissed, Butts said: “In the field of justice, that could be a substantial difference. … It’s definitely a reason to look more deeply into it to find the reasons why.” Continue reading ESPN — Over the Line

I was interviewed by CBS for a story about a prison escape and they quoted one of the dumbest things I said. Continue reading CBS News—Did N.Y. Prison Worker Help Two Murderers Escape?