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1/ New story from our #CaseCleared project with @newsy and @ProPublica:

Over 2017-18, Baltimore area police prompted sexual assault victims to waive their rights to an investigation hundreds of times.

The practice goes against the advice of experts. baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/…
2/ It also can lead to cases being "exceptionally cleared."

Read our investigation into how exceptionally clearing cases can make a police department's stats look better than they are – and allow alleged rapists to re-offend. revealnews.org/article/rape-s…
3/ Of more than 300 rape cases reported to Baltimore County police in 2016, 214 were "cleared." More than half of those were exceptionally cleared. @baltimoresun: baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/…
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1/ We worked with @newsy and @propublica to figure out why so many rape cases go unpunished in America.

A rundown of #CaseCleared
2/ The investigation showed how police can claim high levels of success for clearing rape investigations, even when suspects walk free and victims feel abandoned.

revealnews.org/article/rape-s…
3/ In Part I of our two-part podcast, we examined the role of police.

We went deep inside the Austin Police Department to hear from a whistleblower about the pressure she faced to clear cases in ways she felt wasn’t honest ...

revealnews.org/episodes/case-…
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