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Meg OConnor

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(She/Her)
  • Senior Reporter and Newsletter Director, The Appeal
Philadelphia
As seen in: The Appeal, CNN, VICE, Teen Vogue, Miami New Times, Houston Press, New Times Broward-Palm Beach, Phoenix New Times, Center for Health Journalism, Gotham Gazette, The Political Report
Covers:  Criminal justice, police, prosecutors, prisons
Writer. Most recently I covered cops and prosecutors for @theappeal. Huge fan of hiking and baking 🍪

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Meg OConnor’s Biography

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I'm an award-winning investigative journalist and editor with more than a decade of experience reporting on criminal justice, policing, and public policy. I have a proven track record of producing high-impact investigations that have influenced public policy, earned national recognition, and appeared on major platforms including HBO and NPR.

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Police Killed His Son. Prosecutors Charged The Teen's Friends with His Murder.

Police Killed His Son. Prosecutors Charged The Teen's Friends with His Murder.

Police killed Jacob Harris, but his friends are serving decades in prison for it. Officials have made inconsi…

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How the NYPD's Troubled Sex Crimes Unit Is Set Up To Fail Victims

How the NYPD's Troubled Sex Crimes Unit Is Set Up To Fail Victims

Former top cops say a culture of neglect at the NYPD has left inexperienced officers in charge of some of the…

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She Helped Expose Girls Do Porn, But She Can Never Outrun What It Did to Her

She Helped Expose Girls Do Porn, But She Can Never Outrun What It Did to Her

One night in October 2013, Monica Evans sat in her dorm room scrolling through Craigslist. She had found her …

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Police Arrested More Than 3,000 People at Campus Palestine Protests

Police Arrested More Than 3,000 People at Campus Palestine Protests

Police have arrested more than 3,000 people at pro-Palestine campus protests.

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Arizona Supreme Court Upholds Total Abortion Ban With Mandatory Prison Time

Arizona Supreme Court Upholds Total Abortion Ban With Mandatory Prison Time

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled the state can enforce a near-total abortion ban passed during the U.S. Civil …

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A Jury Found Them Not Guilty of Killing a Cop. A Judge Sentenced Them to Life Anyway.

A Jury Found Them Not Guilty of Killing a Cop. A Judge Sentenced Them to Life Anyway.

A jury found Terence Richardson and Ferrone Claiborne not guilty of murdering a cop, but a judge sentenced th…

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Pregnancy-Related Arrests Spiked During Last 16 Years, Report Finds

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By Meg OConnor Verified
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Legal experts who spoke with The Appeal warned the criminal justice system will continue to target pregnant people in the coming years. Nearly 1,400 people were arrested for actions related to their pregnancies from 2006 through June 2022, according to a report released today by Pregnancy Justice, a nonprofit that defends pregnant people from criminalization. Most of those arrests occurred in five southern states—Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Mississippi.
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Ex-Phoenix Cop's Misconduct Hangs Over Jacob Harris Case

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By Meg OConnor Verified
| The Appeal Verified
Jacob Harris's father is heading to appeals court on Wednesday. Federal judges will decide the fate of his wrongful death suit against the city of Phoenix. Jennifer DiPonzio, the former Phoenix homicide detective who investigated the 2019 police killing ofJacob Harris, mishandled evidence indozens of murder cases before the Phoenix Police Department allowed her to quietly retire in 2022—without fully investigating all of the misconduct allegations against her.
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Cop City Protesters Hit With RICO Charges in Latest Act of Political Repression

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By Meg OConnor Verified
| The Appeal Verified
Organizers with the movement say the charges are meant to “send the chilling message that any dissent to Cop City will be punished with the full power and violence of the government.” This is a breaking story and it may be updated as the situation develops.
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