Nearly 30 years after Tupac Shakur was fatally shot in Las Vegas, Duane “Keffe D” Davis is standing trial. Here’s how a decades-old cold case, Davis’s own statements, and a memoir helped bring one of hip-hop’s most infamous unsolved murders into a courtroom.
Lauren McCluskey did everything people are told to do when they feel unsafe. She told friends, reported her concerns, contacted campus police, and built a paper trail. Yet her story ended in tragedy. In this two-part episode of This Feels Criminal, we examine the Lauren McCluskey case, the institutional failures that followed, and what it teaches us about recognizing dangerous relationships before it’s too late.
A Facebook post about the murder of Calum Simpson led us to a much bigger question: does the justice system treat violence against women differently than violence against men? In this episode, we examine the facts of the case, explore what the research says about gender and justice, and explain why the answer is far more complicated than we expected.
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