Joseph Shapiro http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=2101159&ft=1&f=2101159 Joseph Shapiro is a NPR News Investigations correspondent. en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:13:00 -0400 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif Joseph Shapiro http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=2101159&ft=1&f=2101159 Turning Up The Heat On Civil Rights-Era Cold Cases With the death of a possible suspect in one notorious case, activists are weighing the FBI's efforts to tackle cases from the 1950s and '60s. Some are calling for a congressional hearing to see whether the FBI has done enough investigating. Sat, 18 May 2013 05:13:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/2013/05/18/184936625/turning-up-the-heat-on-civil-rights-era-cold-cases?ft=1&f=2101159 http://www.npr.org/2013/05/18/184936625/turning-up-the-heat-on-civil-rights-era-cold-cases?ft=1&f=2101159 With the death of a possible suspect in one notorious case, activists are weighing the FBI's efforts to tackle cases from the 1950s and '60s. Some are calling for a congressional hearing to see whether the FBI has done enough investigating.

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]]> Justice In The Segregated South: A New Look At An Old Killing A white off-duty constable shot and killed a paraplegic black man in Fayette, Miss., in 1965. Despite new witnesses who have memories of what happened that day, there's still not enough evidence to say whether Jasper Burchfield's claim of self-defense is true. Fri, 03 May 2013 15:57:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/2013/05/03/172594513/justice-in-the-segregated-south-a-new-look-at-an-old-killing?ft=1&f=2101159 http://www.npr.org/2013/05/03/172594513/justice-in-the-segregated-south-a-new-look-at-an-old-killing?ft=1&f=2101159 A white off-duty constable shot and killed a paraplegic black man in Fayette, Miss., in 1965. Despite new witnesses who have memories of what happened that day, there's still not enough evidence to say whether Jasper Burchfield's claim of self-defense is true.

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]]> Suspect Denies Putting Ricin In Letter To Obama, Others The Mississippi man arrested for sending poison letters to President Obama, a U.S. senator and a judge in Mississippi, appeared in court Thursday. His lawyer says he denies putting the toxin ricin in those letters. Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:09:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/2013/04/19/177906363/suspect-denies-putting-ricin-in-letter-to-obama-others?ft=1&f=2101159 http://www.npr.org/2013/04/19/177906363/suspect-denies-putting-ricin-in-letter-to-obama-others?ft=1&f=2101159 The Mississippi man arrested for sending poison letters to President Obama, a U.S. senator and a judge in Mississippi, appeared in court Thursday. His lawyer says he denies putting the toxin ricin in those letters.

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]]> Law Targets Sexual Violence On College Campuses When President Obama signs an updated version of the Violence Against Women Act on Thursday afternoon, the law will include new requirements for how colleges and universities handle allegations of sexual assault. Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:37:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/03/07/173657424/law-targets-sexual-violence-on-college-campuses?ft=1&f=2101159 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/03/07/173657424/law-targets-sexual-violence-on-college-campuses?ft=1&f=2101159 When President Obama signs an updated version of the Violence Against Women Act on Thursday afternoon, the law will include new requirements for how colleges and universities handle allegations of sexual assault.

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]]> Koop Turned Surgeon General's Office Into Mighty Education Platform Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop died Monday. He was 96. As surgeon general, Koop turned an office with little power into a mighty platform to educate Americans about AIDS prevention and the dangers of smoking. Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:32:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/2013/02/25/172908817/koop-turned-surgeon-generals-office-into-mighty-education-platform?ft=1&f=2101159 http://www.npr.org/2013/02/25/172908817/koop-turned-surgeon-generals-office-into-mighty-education-platform?ft=1&f=2101159 Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop died Monday. He was 96. As surgeon general, Koop turned an office with little power into a mighty platform to educate Americans about AIDS prevention and the dangers of smoking.

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]]> Why A Young Man Died In A Nursing Home, A State Away From His Mom Zach Sayne, who died this month at age 25 in Alabama, never made it home to Georgia where his mother hoped he would be cared for. The story of why she couldn't move him there shows the bureaucratic traps, underfunding and lack of choices that plague state Medicaid programs. Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:35:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/01/15/169457118/why-a-young-man-died-in-a-nursing-home-a-state-away-from-his-mom?ft=1&f=2101159 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/01/15/169457118/why-a-young-man-died-in-a-nursing-home-a-state-away-from-his-mom?ft=1&f=2101159 Zach Sayne, who died this month at age 25 in Alabama, never made it home to Georgia where his mother hoped he would be cared for. The story of why she couldn't move him there shows the bureaucratic traps, underfunding and lack of choices that plague state Medicaid programs.

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]]> Former Prisoner Secures His Freedom By Admitting To A Felony Ernie Lopez, whose conviction of sexually assaulting a 6-month-old girl was thrown out, accepted a plea deal in Amarillo, Texas, on Friday, in a move that avoids another trial. Lopez had served nine years in prison. Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:13:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/01/04/168653383/former-prisoner-secures-his-freedom-by-admitting-to-a-felony?ft=1&f=2101159 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/01/04/168653383/former-prisoner-secures-his-freedom-by-admitting-to-a-felony?ft=1&f=2101159 Ernie Lopez, whose conviction of sexually assaulting a 6-month-old girl was thrown out, accepted a plea deal in Amarillo, Texas, on Friday, in a move that avoids another trial. Lopez had served nine years in prison.

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]]> Dismissed Case Raises Questions On Shaken Baby Diagnosis Kristian Aspelin had one thing in his favor: enough money to pay for medical experts. The experts were able to convince prosecutors that his infant son's death was an accident. Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:16:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/2012/12/21/167719033/dismissed-case-raises-questions-on-shaken-baby-diagnosis?ft=1&f=2101159 http://www.npr.org/2012/12/21/167719033/dismissed-case-raises-questions-on-shaken-baby-diagnosis?ft=1&f=2101159 Kristian Aspelin had one thing in his favor: enough money to pay for medical experts. The experts were able to convince prosecutors that his infant son's death was an accident.

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]]> Spinal Surgery Company To Give Tissue Proceeds To Charity Spinal Elements, a small and growing company, had long made plates, screws and other technology used in spinal surgeries. But its new Hero Allograft was the first product it ever made from the tissue — in this case the bones — of a donated human cadaver. Sun, 07 Oct 2012 11:22:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/10/07/162399318/spinal-surgery-company-to-give-tissue-proceeds-to-charity?ft=1&f=2101159 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/10/07/162399318/spinal-surgery-company-to-give-tissue-proceeds-to-charity?ft=1&f=2101159 Spinal Elements, a small and growing company, had long made plates, screws and other technology used in spinal surgeries. But its new Hero Allograft was the first product it ever made from the tissue — in this case the bones — of a donated human cadaver.

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]]> Brain-Damaged Man Wins New Trial In Two-Decades-Old Killing Connecticut's state Appellate Court ordered a new trial for Richard Lapointe, saying prosecutors wrongly withheld potentially important evidence. Lapointe, who has brain damage, confessed in 1989 that he stabbed, raped and killed his wife's 88-year-old grandmother two years earlier. His supporters believe he falsely confessed to murder. Tue, 02 Oct 2012 03:36:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/10/02/162125183/brain-damaged-man-wins-new-trial-in-two-decades-old-killing?ft=1&f=2101159 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/10/02/162125183/brain-damaged-man-wins-new-trial-in-two-decades-old-killing?ft=1&f=2101159 Connecticut's state Appellate Court ordered a new trial for Richard Lapointe, saying prosecutors wrongly withheld potentially important evidence. Lapointe, who has brain damage, confessed in 1989 that he stabbed, raped and killed his wife's 88-year-old grandmother two years earlier. His supporters believe he falsely confessed to murder.

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]]> Pistorius Falls To Britain's Peacock In 100 Meters; American Browne Is Second South African Oscar Pistorius failed in his attempt to win the 100-meter sprint and regain his title as the world's fastest amputee, losing to Great Britain's Jonnie Peacock. American Richard Browne, 21, of Jackson, Miss., won the silver medal. Thu, 06 Sep 2012 19:06:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/09/06/160705850/pistorius-falls-to-britains-peacock-in-200-meters-american-browne-is-second?ft=1&f=2101159 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/09/06/160705850/pistorius-falls-to-britains-peacock-in-200-meters-american-browne-is-second?ft=1&f=2101159 South African Oscar Pistorius failed in his attempt to win the 100-meter sprint and regain his title as the world's fastest amputee, losing to Great Britain's Jonnie Peacock. American Richard Browne, 21, of Jackson, Miss., won the silver medal.

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]]> Oscar Pistorius Seeks Redemption In Race To Be The World's Fastest Amputee At the Paralympics, the South African double amputee faces his rivals in the 100-meter sprint. Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:23:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/09/05/160609658/oscar-pistorius-seeks-redemption-in-race-to-be-the-worlds-fastest-amputee?ft=1&f=2101159 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/09/05/160609658/oscar-pistorius-seeks-redemption-in-race-to-be-the-worlds-fastest-amputee?ft=1&f=2101159 At the Paralympics, the South African double amputee faces his rivals in the 100-meter sprint.

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]]> Paralympian's Pursuit Enables Aspiring Athletes Champion wheelchair racer Tatyana McFadden's fight to compete alongside able-bodied athletes opened up civil rights laws providing more opportunities for her sister and other disabled athletes. The sisters will compete against each other at the Paralympic Games in London. Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:49:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/2012/09/02/160382788/paralympians-pursuit-enables-aspiring-athletes?ft=1&f=2101159 http://www.npr.org/2012/09/02/160382788/paralympians-pursuit-enables-aspiring-athletes?ft=1&f=2101159 Champion wheelchair racer Tatyana McFadden's fight to compete alongside able-bodied athletes opened up civil rights laws providing more opportunities for her sister and other disabled athletes. The sisters will compete against each other at the Paralympic Games in London.

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]]> Debate Pits Strasburg's Health Against Wins One of the biggest debates in Washington these days has nothing to do with taxes, health care or the economy. It's about baseball and whether the Nationals should end the season of their star pitcher, just as the team may be headed for the playoffs. Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:12:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/2012/08/28/160160174/debate-pits-strasburgs-health-against-wins?ft=1&f=2101159 http://www.npr.org/2012/08/28/160160174/debate-pits-strasburgs-health-against-wins?ft=1&f=2101159 One of the biggest debates in Washington these days has nothing to do with taxes, health care or the economy. It's about baseball and whether the Nationals should end the season of their star pitcher, just as the team may be headed for the playoffs.

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]]> The Seamy Side Of The Human Tissue Business Body-stealing cases like that of Michael Mastromarino illustrate how an industry built on altruism can fall into the hands of the greedy. Thu, 19 Jul 2012 03:30:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/2012/07/19/156988089/the-seamy-side-of-the-human-tissue-business?ft=1&f=2101159 http://www.npr.org/2012/07/19/156988089/the-seamy-side-of-the-human-tissue-business?ft=1&f=2101159 Body-stealing cases like that of Michael Mastromarino illustrate how an industry built on altruism can fall into the hands of the greedy.

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