Melissa Segura
The Coronavirus Comes To Immigration Court
Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, and others call for a pause on immigration hearings for children — but the alternative poses serious problems too.
Melissa Segura
Expert Testimony: Ex-Parolees Tell America How To Handle Home Confinement
Think staying home is hard? Try lockdown in prison. Two men who served real house arrest share coping tips.
Melissa Segura
Immigration Judges Across The US Are Staying Home After The Coronavirus Hit Courtrooms
Immigration judges in New York and San Francisco stayed home from work Tuesday, and their union announced a judge in Denver had COVID-19 symptoms and an Atlanta attorney tested positive.
Melissa Segura
I Made It Out Of The Coronavirus “Epicenter” Even After The Travel Ban
I fled a global pandemic, and I didn’t even get a lousy temperature check.
Melissa Segura
The Most Iconic TV And Movie Characters From The 2010s
We asked BuzzFeed News writers to nominate the TV and movie characters who defined the 2010s. Here are our picks for the characters who will stick with us from this decade.
David Mack
A Newly Discovered Report Suggests A Chicago Cop Suppressed Evidence
Retired Chicago police detective Reynaldo Guevara has been accused of framing more than 50 people for murder. Now, a man who said Guevara framed him for a 1991 murder when he was a teenager is trying to clear his name and pointing to the suppressed report.
Melissa Segura
A Star Witness Says Prosecutors Knew He Was Lying When He Helped Frame Five Men For Murder
Francisco Vicente swore that one person after another just happened to confess to him that they had committed murder. Could the prosecutors who put him on the stand really have believed it all?
Melissa Segura
Another Man Who Accused A Retired Chicago Cop Of Framing Him Has Been Exonerated
Geraldo Iglesias, convicted of a 1993 murder, is the 10th man to be exonerated since a BuzzFeed News investigation revealed that the Chicago detective at the center of the case, Reynaldo Guevara, was accused of framing more than 50 people for murder.
Melissa Segura
Prosecutors Promised To Reopen The Case Of A Man Who Said He Was Framed For Murder. Now That’s Not Going To Happen.
More than a year after Cook County prosecutors said they’d review the conviction, a detective on the case has been discredited and a key witness has said she was pressured to falsely identify the convicted man. So why have prosecutors rescinded an offer to review the case?
Melissa Segura
Current And Former Chicago Police Officers Are Spewing Racist Hate On A Facebook Page
Posts on the page, which features scores of current and former Chicago police officers, have gone far beyond boosterism. Some posts encourage police to abuse suspects.
Melissa Segura
Another Guevara Defendant's Murder Case Was Tossed
Robert Bouto, convicted of a 1993 murder, is the ninth defendant to see his murder charges dismissed since a BuzzFeed News investigation into retired detective Reynaldo Guevara’s alleged misconduct. Also on Monday, another exonerated Guevara defendant filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Chicago.
Melissa Segura
Two Brothers Allege They Were Framed To Protect A Police Drug Ring
The court papers filed Wednesday are the latest in a series of legal challenges questioning the police work of retired detective Reynaldo Guevara, who has been accused of framing more than 50 people for murder. Guevara has never been charged with a crime.
Melissa Segura
Two Federal Lawsuits Accuse Chicago Cops Of Framing Innocent Men
The suits, which allege deliberate “manipulation, trickery, suggestion, pressure, coercion, and other unlawful tactics,” are the latest in a series of legal challenges regarding the actions of Detective Reynaldo Guevara, who has been accused of framing more than 50 people for murder.
Melissa Segura
A Man Who Says A Chicago Detective Framed Him For Murder Was Just Set Free
Ricardo Rodriguez’s case was investigated by Detective Reynaldo Guevara. He is the eighth Guevara defendant exonerated since April 2017.
Melissa Segura
The Conviction Of A Seventh Person Wrongly Framed For Murder By The Same Detective Will Likely Be Tossed Today
Ariel Gomez is one of 56 defendants who say the retired Chicago detective Reynaldo Guevara, the subject of a two-year BuzzFeed News investigation, framed them for murder. Gomez spent two decades behind bars. Six other Guevara defendants have already been exonerated.
Melissa Segura
These Lawmakers Want Det. Guevara’s Cases Reviewed Right Away
Following BuzzFeed News’ reporting on the 56 people who say Detective Reynaldo Guevara framed them for murder, Illinois lawmakers say those cases should be revisited as quickly as possible. “The notion of anybody spending time behind bars for something they did not do because of a rogue cop is unconscionable.”
Melissa Segura
Will Chicago Prosecutors Let Guevara’s Defendants Go?
Now that Detective Reynaldo Guevara has been discredited in court, what will the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office do with the dozens of people who say he framed them for murder?
Melissa Segura
Another Defendant In A Guevara Case Is Vindicated After Two Decades
Thomas Sierra, one of more than 50 defendants who say retired Chicago detective Reynaldo Guevara framed them for murders they did not commit, spent 22 years behind bars.
Melissa Segura
How To Close Two Stubborn Murder Cases In One Night, Chicago PD–Style
The two murders were proving difficult to solve — until Detective Reynaldo Guevara, who has been accused of framing at least 51 people, showed up for duty. Here’s how, over the course of one night, with questionable evidence, two men who say they did nothing wrong ended up charged with murder. A BuzzFeed News investigation.
Melissa Segura
For An Innocent Man Released After 23 Years, Liberty Is A Bittersweet Gift
In prison for murders he didn’t commit, Roberto Almodovar dreamed of all the things he’d do if he were free. Ball games. Beaches. And time with his daughter, who was just an infant when he was arrested. After more than two decades behind bars, he was finally exonerated. But freedom isn’t as simple as it seemed.
Melissa Segura
