Parker Yesko
Reporter
Before joining APM Reports in 2017, Parker Yesko reported on criminal justice, housing and inequality in the U.S. and abroad. Her work has appeared on Morning Edition, Weekend All Things Considered, NPR's Embedded, PRI's The World, Snap Judgment, Harper's and The Guardian. As an intern on NPR's national desk, she reported on the lawsuits filed against President Trump in the first months of his administration. Before moving into radio, Parker covered a range of local issues for the San Francisco Examiner. She has a master's degree in journalism from UC Berkeley, where she was a Mark Felt Scholar in Investigative Reporting, and a B.A. in Political Economy from Georgetown.
Stories
Mississippi to pay Curtis Flowers $500,000 for his decades behind bars
Judge orders state to give Flowers the maximum compensation for his wrongful conviction.
Will Doug Evans face accountability?
Prosecutors across the country rarely face consequences for misconduct.
Judge dismisses lawsuit against DA Doug Evans
The suit had asked a federal court to prevent Evans’ office from dismissing jurors because of their race.
Charges against Curtis Flowers are dropped
The Mississippi man who was tried six times for the same crime and whose case was the subject of Season 2 of the APM Reports podcast In the Dark sees his two-decade saga come to an end.
Mississippi prosecutor Doug Evans takes himself off the Curtis Flowers case
The district attorney who's tried Flowers six times for the same crime will no longer handle the prosecution.
What Loper's about-face means for the Curtis Flowers case
The Mississippi judge has the power to prevent a seventh trial.
Curtis Flowers released on bail
A Mississippi judge allows Flowers to leave jail to await a possible seventh trial.
Doug Evans sued for using race in jury selection
The NAACP and four black plaintiffs take Mississippi prosecutor Doug Evans to court to halt the "odious practice" of "racially discriminatory jury selection."
Noted North Carolina attorney to join Curtis Flowers' defense team
Henderson Hill, an experienced death penalty lawyer, will help defend the Mississippi man ahead of a possible seventh murder trial.
Curtis Flowers leaves Parchman prison, returns to county jail
Three months after the Supreme Court reversed his conviction, Curtis Flowers is taken off death row to await a possible seventh trial.
Flowers' defense files motions for bail, dismissal
New civil rights lawyer cites obscure law for bail request and prosecutor's "unseemly tactics" for dismissal.
Clemmie Fleming becomes second major witness to recant in Curtis Flowers case
She says she felt pressured to testify against Curtis Flowers in all six trials.
Willie James Hemphill's long criminal record
During nearly 30 years of crimes, he's shown a quick temper, and a penchant for daytime robberies and violence against women.
Where was Willie James Hemphill on the morning of the Tardy murders?
His alibi didn't check out.
Curtis Flowers wins appeal at U.S. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has reversed Curtis Flowers' 2010 conviction, ruling that prosecutors excluded African-Americans from the jury.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh may be key to freeing Curtis Flowers
At oral arguments, questions from the Supreme Court's newest justice — and a possible swing vote — seemed to side with the Mississippi death row inmate's claim that he was the victim of racial discrimination in jury selection.
The Supreme Court cases that could free Curtis Flowers
The outcome of Flowers v. Mississippi may hinge on how justices interpret a few key precedents designed to bring more fairness and equality to jury selection.
Flowers v. Mississippi: What to expect
How the arguments in the Curtis Flowers case might play out before the Supreme Court.
Doug Evans running unopposed for reelection
The controversial Mississippi prosecutor will win another four-year term and could decide if Curtis Flowers faces a seventh trial.
Curtis Flowers' lawyers want answers from Doug Evans
In its latest filing, the defense team wants a chance to question the prosecutor under oath.
Supreme Court agrees to hear Curtis Flowers appeal
In looking at the controversial Mississippi death penalty case, the justices will examine if District Attorney Doug Evans had a history of racial discrimination in jury selection.
Why law enforcement didn't see that Danny Heinrich killed Jacob Wetterling
A new Stearns County sheriff let loose a condemnation of the investigation, declaring that there were "20 things" law enforcement bungled. This is a brief analysis of some of the key flaws of the investigation by the journalists who produced the first season of In The Dark, a podcast that first revealed many of the failures two years ago.
Law enforcement comes clean on botched Wetterling investigation
Two years after the first season of In The Dark revealed numerous mistakes by law enforcement investigating Wetterling's disappearance, the Stearns County sheriff provided harsh detail of his predecessors' failures and made public thousands of documents from the investigative file.
Why don't prosecutors get disciplined?
In most jurisdictions, district attorneys who break the rules are rarely held accountable.
Execution in Mississippi: Who lives and who dies
Can Mississippi, with its ugly history of racial oppression, administer the death penalty fairly?