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Meg O'Connor
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Senior Reporter and Newsletter Director, The Appeal
Los Angeles, Phoenix
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Biography
Award-winning reporter from New York currently living in Phoenix. I first moved here in 2019 to cover local law enforcement for the Phoenix New Times. Now I’m covering criminal justice for The Appeal. My work has also been published by VICE, CNN, Miami New Times, The Houston Press, and Gotham Gazette.
Topics not directly related to Boise or Idaho, with no exceptions.
Content
By Meg O'Connor Verified| The Appeal Verified 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.
By Meg O'Connor 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.
By Meg O'Connor 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.
Company Info
The Appeal
The Appeal is a nonprofit news organization that envisions a world in which systems of support and care, not punishment, create public safety. The Appeal's journalism exposes the harms of a criminal legal system entrenched in centuries of systemic racism. We equip people with the information necessary to make change, and we elevate solutions that emerge from the communities most affected by policing, jails, and prisons in the U.S.
Landers, California, United States
Founded: 2018