Rule of law

Kalief Browder was arrested at 16 in 2010 for allegedly stealing a backpack. He spent three years at Rikers Island without trial because his family couldn't afford bail. Two years were in solitary confinement. His tragic story triggered historic reforms of the American bail system.

Social media platforms are hosting AI-generated deepfake content depicting real crimes, while law enforcement agencies worldwide are deploying automated surveillance systems with limited transparency. The lack of human oversight raises questions about accuracy, bias, and accountability.

A comprehensive Danish report documents widespread failures in the country's criminal justice system to support victims with disabilities, exposing gaps in legal aid, court accessibility, and victim compensation processes.

The 2015 death of 13-month-old Noah Emil Debelbøs in Denmark sparked a legal battle that would expose weaknesses in Scandinavian child welfare investigations. A new podcast examines how ambiguous medical evidence and police procedure failures led to acquittals—and raised uncomfortable questions about how societies determine guilt in infant death cases.

Karen Silkwood, a 28-year-old plutonium plant worker in Oklahoma, died in a car crash in November 1974 while driving to meet a journalist with evidence of unsafe conditions. Fifty years later, a new ABC News podcast is reopening questions about her death with newly discovered investigative tapes and accident reconstruction evidence.

A prominent hacker at the center of the IcedID botnet fraud operation attempted to escape law enforcement by creating a forged death certificate, but was arrested during Operation Endgame, a coordinated international investigation involving Danish authorities.

Five Danish fishermen walked free in June 2024 after spending 17 months in pretrial detention for a murder they did not commit. A court found the evidence insufficient, highlighting systemic risks in how Nordic justice systems handle prolonged custody without proven charges.

In 2004, John Miles Sharpe killed his pregnant wife and 15-month-old daughter with a speargun in Mornington, Australia. He disposed of their bodies and lied to authorities about their whereabouts before his eventual conviction.

The mummified remains of a woman dancer were discovered in Gribskov forest in Denmark, covered with spruce branches and leaves. The discovery, covered in Danish media and podcast investigations, has drawn attention to the case as authorities work to establish circumstances surrounding the death.

On December 14, 2023, Kristil Krug, 43, was found brutally murdered in her Broomfield, Colorado garage. Her husband, Daniel Bartholomew Krug, 44, had spent two months impersonating her ex-boyfriend online before executing a meticulously planned killing designed to frame an innocent man.

Matt Gutman, ABC News chief national correspondent, hosts a new investigative podcast examining a California case involving two young men whose wealthy lifestyle unravels into a story of lies, mistrust, and violence.

A peaceful suburban community has become the focus of a criminal pattern that has left residents deeply concerned. An 82-year-old woman, who has already experienced a break-in, remains in her childhood home despite escalating security fears in a neighborhood plagued by repeated burglaries.

On 7 December 2003, Daniel James Morcombe, a 13-year-old from Palmwoods on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, vanished while waiting at a bus stop. For eight years, his family and police pursued countless leads. Then, in August 2011, a confession changed everything.

Forsvarsadvokat Kim Bagge, a Danish defense attorney, discusses the complexities and challenges that arise within the courtroom environment. His insights into legal defense and the judicial system offer perspective on how defense rights function in practice.

Just after midnight on October 2, 2012, two masked gunmen burst into a Newport Beach home, kidnapped a medical marijuana dispensary owner and his female companion, and drove them to the Mojave Desert where one victim endured savage torture. The case would spark a sprawling investigation detailed in the new ABC podcast 'Devil in the Desert.'

Mai-Brit Storm Thygesen, a Danish criminal defense attorney, has become a prominent voice on legal certainty and defendant rights in Denmark's justice system. Specializing in cases involving violence, murder, robbery, and economic crime, she has represented clients in several high-profile proceedings that have drawn international attention.