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Texas Court Voids Conviction in Child Death Case Ernie Lopez, featured in FRONTLINE's film "The Child Cases," was found guilty in 2003 of sexually assaulting six-month-old Isis Vas. The baby died shortly after the purported attack.
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The Meth EpidemicJan. 24, 2012 / 53:35
Encore PresentationWhy, and how, have we reached the point where the United States has 1.5 million meth users - and rising?Watch Now »
Nuclear AftershocksJan. 17, 2012 / 53:37FRONTLINE travels to three continents to explore the debate about nuclear power: Is it safe? What are the alternatives? And could a Fukushima-style disaster happen in the U.S.?Watch Now »
A Perfect TerroristJan. 10, 2012 / 53:35
Encore PresentationFRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate the mysterious circumstances behind David Headley’s rise from heroin dealer and U.S. government informant to plotter of the 2008 attack on Mumbai.Watch Now »
The Secret WarJan. 3, 2012 / 17:17Inside the deepest front in America's war against Al Qaeda and the Taliban: PakistanWatch Now »
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Encore PresentationCameron Todd Willingham - executed for the arson murder of his three daughters. Could this case change the death penalty debate? Watch Now »
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January 27, 2012, 5:49 pm ET Criminal Justice
Texas DA Will Re-Try Ernie Lopez on Sexual Assault Charges

Days after the Texas state’s appeals court threw out his 2003 conviction, a district attorney has decided to re-try Ernie Lopez on charges that he sexually assaulted a six-month old girl. (read more »)

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January 27, 2012, 1:48 pm ET Criminal Justice
Former NOPD Officers Testify About “Secret Meeting” to Determine Danziger Bridge Cover-Up

Yesterday, the prosecution rested in the trial of Gerard Dugue, a former NOPD detective accused of helping to cover up … (read more »)

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January 27, 2012, 1:22 pm ET Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei?
“It has become Ai’s new routine. 'The police come every week or I have to go to the station -- for education,' he told me one recent morning, at the giant dining-room table, winter sun pouring in from the south.”- Evan Osnos, "Ai Weiwei At Home, In Absentia" The New Yorker
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January 26, 2012, 4:59 pm ET Social Issues
“It’s Either Kill or Be Killed…”

Last night, filmmaker Steve James (Hoop Dreams) and "violence interrupter" Ameena Matthews were on Greater Boston, discussing their new documentary, "The Interrupters," which will air on FRONTLINE on Feb. 14 at 9 pm. (read more »)

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January 25, 2012, 6:16 pm ET Criminal Justice
Texas Court Voids Conviction in Child Death Case

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals today set aside the conviction of Ernie Lopez, an Amarillo man found guilty in 2003 of sexually assaulting six-month-old Isis Vas. The baby died shortly after the purported attack. (read more »)

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January 25, 2012, 2:00 pm ET Revolution in Cairo
“To many Egyptians, Ghonim had almost seemed to materialize from the Internet and then disappear back into it. 'Wael Ghonim,' one Egyptian journalist said, searching her memory, when I explained why I was visiting Cairo. 'What is he even doing these days?'”- Benjamin Wallace-Wells' "The Lonely Battle of Wael Ghonim," New York Magazine
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January 24, 2012, 6:37 pm ET Iraq / War on Terror
Marine to Serve No Time in Haditha War-Crimes Case

Marine Lt. Col. David Jones sentenced Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich to demotion in rank to private for negligent dereliction of duty for his role in the killing of Iraqi civilians in Haditha, Iraq in 2005. (read more »)

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January 24, 2012, 5:55 pm ET Foreign Affairs / Defense
Syria: “We No Longer Want Arab Solutions to the Crisis”

Calling it a "conspiratorial scheme" hatched against the country, the Syrian government rejected an Arab League peace plan yesterday proposing that embattled President Bashar al-Assad cede power. (read more »)

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January 24, 2012, 2:33 pm ET Criminal Justice
Trial Begins for Last Defendant in Infamous Post-Katrina Police Shooting
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The trial began yesterday for the last remaining officer facing charges in the Danziger Bridge shootings. In the days immediately … (read more »)

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January 24, 2012, 11:56 am ET Foreign Affairs / Defense
Inside The Egyptian Military’s Brutal Hold on Power

As with so many things in life, you need to follow the money… (read more »)

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January 23, 2012, 6:26 pm ET Iraq / War on Terror
Marine Pleads Guilty in Haditha War-Crimes Trial

The biggest war-crimes case out of the war in Iraq came to a close this morning when Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich pleaded guilty to one count of dereliction of duty in the November 2005 deaths of unarmed Iraqi civilians in Haditha. (read more »)

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January 23, 2012, 11:52 am ET Inside FRONTLINE
FRONTLINE Is Hiring!

We’re looking for four people to join FRONTLINE and help us in our ongoing organizational shift toward a post-broadcast world. … (read more »)

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January 20, 2012, 5:06 pm ET Health / Science / Technology
Video: Inside the Fukushima Reactor

In an attempt to look at the damage inside one of its failed Fukushima reactors, the Tokyo Electric Power Co. … (read more »)

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January 20, 2012, 4:29 pm ET Iraq / War on Terror
Trial Resumes of Marine Accused in Haditha Killings

Following an abrupt two-day break, the trial of Marine Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich resumed today at Camp Pendleton, indicating that Wuterich declined to accept a deal offered by the prosecution. (read more »)

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January 20, 2012, 2:56 pm ET Race / Multicultural
Obama Administration Recommends Halting More than 1,600 Pending Deportations

Back in August, the Obama administration announced it would begin reviewing 300,000 backlogged immigration cases in order to better identify … (read more »)

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