Accessibility statement Search Sections Democracy Dies in Darkness Subscribe Sign in Advertisement Tom Jackman Washington, D.C. Reporter covering criminal justice locally and nationally Education: University of Notre Dame, BA in English and American Studies Tom Jackman has been covering crime and courts for The Washington Post since 1998, after handling similar beats at the Kansas City Star. Jackman helped lead the coverage of the D.C. sniper trials in 2003 and was the lead writer on The Post’s breaking news coverage of the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings, which won the Pulitzer Prize. More recently he focused on the police killing of an unarmed man in Fairfax County, Va., which ended with the officer convicted of manslaughter and serving jail time. In 2016, Jackman launched the True Crime blog, which looks at criminal justice issues and important c Read more Share confidential news tips with The Post Latest from Tom Jackman Local Spencer, Kessler, Cantwell and other white supremacists found liable in deadly Unite the Right rally The federal jury in Charlottesville awarded a total of $26 million in damages against the 12 individual defendants and five white nationalist organizations on trial. November 23, 2021 Legal Issues Interior Dept. seeks to fire Park Police officers who fatally shot Bijan Ghaisar in 2017 The officers, cleared of criminal charges, now face termination even though no internal affairs investigation has been done. November 23, 2021 Local Crime & Public Safety Florida man photographed with Pelosi’s lectern on Jan. 6 pleads guilty Adam Johnson, pictured parading around the Capitol on Jan. 6 with the lectern of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), has reached a plea agreement with prosecutors. November 22, 2021 Legal Issues Her fiance said he found her body 23 years ago. Now police say he hired another man to kill her. An Arlington woman’s fiance and a man who had previously picked up a computer from her are both charged in her 1998 strangling. November 18, 2021 Politics Stephen Bannon pleads not guilty to contempt-of-Congress charges Bannon, like former president Donald Trump, has refused to comply with an order from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection to turn over records and testify about his actions leading up to the attack. November 18, 2021 Legal Issues ‘QAnon shaman’ sentenced to 41 months for role in Capitol riot Jacob Chansley, with a horned hat, painted face and six-foot spear, became the face of the Jan. 6 insurrection. November 17, 2021 Legal Issues Stephen Bannon surrenders after indictment on charges of contempt of Congress Bannon refused to comply with a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. November 15, 2021 National N.J. man sentenced to 41 months for assaulting officer, stiffest punishment yet in Jan. 6 cases Scott Kevin Fairlamb is the first person to be sentenced for assaulting an officer outside the Capitol on Jan. 6. The judge said no jury would have acquitted him based on multiple videos of his actions. November 10, 2021 Legal Issues Desperate, angry, destructive: How Americans morphed into a mob What we know about the people who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. November 9, 2021 Legal Issues After 32 years in prison for a double murder he says he didn’t commit, he now seeks a pardon Convicted at 19 of a double slaying, he was freed after entering a plea with a sentence of 32 years time served. Now 59, he is seeking a pardon while still working on behalf of inmates and the disadvantaged. November 9, 2021 Load more Advertisement Company About The Post Newsroom Policies & Standards Diversity and Inclusion Careers Media & Community Relations WP Creative Group Accessibility Statement Get The Post Become a Subscriber Gift Subscriptions Mobile & Apps Newsletters & Alerts Washington Post Live Reprints & Permissions Post Store Books & E-Books Newspaper in Education Print Archives (Subscribers Only) e-Replica Today’s Paper Contact Us Contact the Newsroom Contact Customer Care Contact the Opinions team Advertise Licensing & Syndication Request a Correction Send a News Tip Report a Vulnerability Terms of Use Digital Products Terms of Sale Print Products Terms of Sale Terms of Service Privacy Policy Cookie Settings Submissions & Discussion Policy RSS Terms of Service Ad Choices washingtonpost.com © 1996-2021 The Washington Post