News in Brief In an Internet Era, Can Armchair Detectives Actually Solve a Case? Podcasting allows today’s true crime fans to take a crowdsourced approach to amateur detective work. By Stephanie Faris… Pacific Standard Staff
Social Justice Where Were the Usual Suspects in ‘Making a Murderer’? By leaving out crucial statistics, the Netflix phenomenon plays into clichés about murdered women. Starre Vartan
Social Justice A True Crime Expert Weighs in on HBO’s ‘The Jinx’ Criminologist and author Michael Arntfield talks with us about the past and future of true crime. Wes Judd