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Elena DeBre
@elenadebre.bsky.social
Investigative Journalist at Lighthouse Reports
@lhreports.bsky.social
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So happy that our project «Inequality for the law» is on the shortlist. 🏆 Lucky to have been collaborating with the talented people at @lighthousereports.com. @elenadebre.bsky.social @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social @jusbraun.bsky.social
💫 NEW! GIJN, the new home of the Sigma Awards, is proud to announce the 2025 shortlist for the best data journalism projects and portfolios in the past year.

👏 50 data journalism projects from 24 countries made it to the final round of the competition. https://twp.ai/9PSjQG
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Announcing the Sigma Awards 2025 Shortlist
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May 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Norway’s criminal justice system has often received high praise for its equity and fairness; it has rarely been under scrutiny in data-driven criminal justice journalism.
February 3, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Reposted by Elena DeBre
Over the past few months, we have been trying to understand whether who you are plays a role in how you are sentenced in the world’s most vaunted criminal justice system: Norway bsky.app/profile/lhre...
In 2022, two men were convicted for driving under the influence. Frank in a cheap, old car, unemployed with debt. Jakob in a new, expensive Audi, worth millions. Their cases were nearly identical, but their sentences could not have been further apart.
February 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Reposted by Elena DeBre
The crimes you’re convicted of should determine your punishment, not who you are. But even in Norway – one of the “fairest” criminal justice systems – @lhreports.bsky.social & NRK reveal that there are disparities in sentence length by income and gender
www.lighthousereports.com/methodology/...
How we investigated sentencing bias in Norway’s criminal justice system
Norway’s criminal justice system is regularly hailed as a model — but is it truly impartial?
www.lighthousereports.com
February 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM