“This Chose Me”: Why Dateline’s Dan Slepian Can’t Leave Sing Sing Behind

Ginning Up Controversy • Trump Thanks Husbands [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( “This Chose Me”: Why Dateline’s Dan Slepian Can’t Leave Sing Sing Behind Good morning. Right now there are tens of thousands of incarcerated Americans whose futures have been stolen by wrongful convictions. It’s an excruciating reality, but it’s one that Dan Slepian is doing everything in his power to change. Ahead of his new book, The Sing Sing Files, the NBC producer [tells]( Michael Calderone about cutting his teeth at Dateline, where he eventually embarked upon a two-decade odyssey of probing the injustices of the criminal justice system and getting innocent people out of prison. “I don’t have time for hobbies,” he says. “I have a platform [and] I have a responsibility, given what I’ve seen, to speak for people who cannot speak for themselves, who society has thrown away.” Elsewhere, Bess Levin [scorches]( Donald Trump after he bizarrely thanked husbands for letting their wives attend his rallies. Plus, Levin [hits]( at Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas, for praising a religious-rights group that is fighting against court reform. Thanks for reading. [Image may contain: Face, Head, Person, Photography, Portrait, Plant, Tree, Vegetation, Land, Nature, Outdoors, and Woodland]( [“This Chose Me”: Why Dateline’s Dan Slepian Can’t Leave Sing Sing Behind]( By [Michael Calderone]( [The NBC producer speaks to Vanity Fair about his riveting new book, The Sing Sing Files, which chronicles a two-decade odyssey probing wrongful convictions, and how reforming mass incarceration looks like the “next incarnation of the civil rights movement.”]( [Read more button](   [Trump Creepily Thanks Supporters’ Husbands for Allowing Them to Attend His Rallies]( By [Bess Levin]( [“How do you put up with this? Your wives are traveling all over the place.”]( [Read more button](   [Ginni Thomas Applauds Legal Group Trying to Block Supreme Court Reform Largely Needed Because of Her Husband]( By [Bess Levin]( [She sent the group an all-caps email praising its efforts.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2024 Condé Nast