The Pope's Long Con

Check Out Our New Investigative Podcast, Dig

12.19.2019 - By Louisville Public MediaPlay

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From the newsroom that brought you the Pope’s Long Con, check out our newest podcast, Dig. In the first season, we bring you the results of a yearlong look at how rape cases are investigated in Louisville. What we’ve learned: here, the police defer to prosecutors on rape cases — and prosecutors reject the vast majority of cases presented to them. Due to this unusual relationship, most people accused of rape here will never face consequences. Most won’t be arrested or convicted. And the case will be closed anyway.

(Note: There are descriptions of a rape, and audio from a police body camera on the scene of a rape investigation, throughout this episode.)

For more, visit kydig.org.

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