Carrie Johnson
Carrie Johnson is a justice correspondent for the Washington Desk.
She covers a wide variety of stories about justice issues, law enforcement, and legal affairs for NPR's flagship programs Morning Edition and All Things Considered, as well as the newscasts and NPR.org.
Johnson has chronicled major challenges to the landmark voting rights law, a botched law enforcement operation targeting gun traffickers along the Southwest border, and the Obama administration's deadly drone program for suspected terrorists overseas.
Prior to coming to NPR in 2010, Johnson worked at the Washington Post for 10 years, where she closely observed the FBI, the Justice Department, and criminal trials of the former leaders of Enron, HealthSouth, and Tyco. Earlier in her career, she wrote about courts for the weekly publication Legal Times.
Her work has been honored with awards from the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, the Society for Professional Journalists, SABEW, and the National Juvenile Defender Center. She has been a finalist for the Loeb Award for financial journalism and for the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news for team coverage of the massacre at Fort Hood, Texas.
Johnson is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Benedictine University in Illinois.
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Attorney General William Barr effectively clears the way to resume capital punishment in the federal prison system. The Justice Department says it wants to resume executions as early as December.
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Robert Mueller says his report on Russian election interference is his testimony. But lawmakers from both political parties are strategizing how to score their own points at Wednesday's hearing.
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The Department of Justice says ransomware attacks on small and mid-sized local governments by criminal groups are becoming more sophisticated. The agency is warning municipalities to be ready.
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Prosecutors in D.C. are trying a new approach for juveniles on the wrong side of the law. They've launched a program that puts young people in touch with their victims to come up with a way forward.
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Congress is at odds with DOJ over enforcement of a ban on female genital mutilation. Prosecutors say they can't appeal a judge's decision because the law needs work; the House wants its will upheld. -
Special Counsel Robert Mueller makes his first public remarks since the release of his office's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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A grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia returned a superseding indictment with 17 more charges against the founder of WikiLeaks in connection with leaks by Chelsea Manning. -
Attorney General Barr has tasked U.S. Attorney John Durham with investigating the origins of the Russia probe. Durham will look into the intelligence gathering aimed at the Trump campaign in 2016.
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"Your mission is a commitment to serving your communities," FBI Director Christopher Wray told awardees. "You're showing people kindness when they need it most."
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Attorney General William Barr faced questions from lawmakers Wednesday after special counsel Robert Mueller expressed concerns about Barr's summary of the special counsel's report.
