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Analysis
Officials Failed to Act When COVID Hit Prisons. A New Study Shows the Deadly Cost.
Closing Argument
The Parents Paying for Their Children’s Crimes
Life Inside
I Had a Tough Job at My Brooklyn Jail: Keeping Men From Taking Their Own Lives
Analysis
April 10
This Supreme Court Case on Homelessness May Limit Prisoner Rights and Expand Executions
In Grants Pass v. Johnson, a town in Oregon asks the court to reconsider what constitutes “cruel and unusual punishments.”
By
Maurice Chammah
,
Shannon Heffernan
and
Beth Schwartzapfel
Closing Argument
April 6
What an Eclipse Lockdown Reveals about Dignity in Prisons and Jails
Recent lawsuits regarding the rights of incarcerated people and guards include gender, religious discrimination, and the right to watch the eclipse
By
Jamiles Lartey
The Record
The
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in criminal justice today
New York
The People v. Donald J. Trump
Donald Trump
Jury Selection
Supreme Court
election interference
hush money
voir dire
Life Inside
April 5
I Made 13 Cents an Hour as a Prison Janitor. Here’s Why I Donated My Wages to Gaza Relief
It’s a common misconception that once someone enters jail or prison, they lose their interest in the outside world.
By
Hamzah Jihad Furqaani
as told to
Aala Abdullahi
Jackson
April 4
Terror, Murder and Jim Crow Laws: Inside Mississippi’s Racial Voter Intimidation History
Black Mississippians’ right to vote has constantly been under threat. A recent bill that would have restored voting rights to thousands died in committee.
By
Daja E. Henry
Jackson
April 4
How Mississippi’s Jim Crow Laws Still Haunt Black Voters Today
After the U.S. Civil War, white supremacists used felony disenfranchisement to suppress the Black vote. Even now, restoring rights has hit a roadblock.
By
Daja E. Henry
News and Awards
April 3
The Marshall Project Wins Prestigious National Magazine Award for General Excellence
This is the third time the news site has won for the breadth and ambition of its coverage.
By
The Marshall Project
Opening Statement
Links from
this mornings’s email
Trump's historic hush money trial seats 12 jurors, plus an alternate
Cannon denies dismissal motions by Trump co-defendants in documents case
Flyers at migrant camp show how the border is inflaming US politics
Red states threaten librarians with prison — as blue states work to protect them
Columbia University Students Arrested in Pro-Palestinian Protests: Live Updates
Man granted parole for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of 2 Dartmouth College professors
Trial of a southern Arizona rancher charged in fatal shooting of unarmed migrant goes to the jury
Top Cop Says CPD Tracks Accusations Against Officers — But Took No Action After 36 Complaints Filed Against Officers Involved in Dexter Reed Shooting
NRA settles DC lawsuit alleging its charity misused funds
The Trump Trial’s Extraordinary Opening
Immigrants and American Anxiety
The Trump GOP’s inverted perception of crime in America
Don’t Panic About the Supreme Court’s Right to Protest Ruling—Yet
Death Row inmate Melissa Lucio should be free
Texas takes intellectually disabled Tomas Gallo off death row
Locked In, Priced Out: How Prison Commissary Price-Gouging Preys on the Incarcerated
New study shows more botched executions for Black prisoners : NPR
Behind the Badge: In New York City Homeless Shelters, the Same 'Peace Officers' Abuse Residents • MuckRock
Bob Menendez’s legal strategy may include blaming his wife, filing says
Death Sentences
April 3
He Faces Execution. His Lawyers May Have Earned Less Than $4 per Hour.
Some death penalty lawyers get paid the same no matter how long they work on a case. Critics say it’s a perverse incentive when a life is at stake.
By
Maurice Chammah
and
Keri Blakinger
Closing Argument
March 30
This Ain’t Just Texas: More States Want Power to Wage ‘War’ on Migrants
Several states are sending troops to the Southern border, even as the legal battle over immigration enforcement rages on.
By
Jamiles Lartey
News
March 26
Even Where Abortion Is Legal, People in Jail Face Huge Barriers
New reviews of jail policies in 13 states found vague, confusing or nonexistent guidelines and major hurdles to obtaining an abortion.
By
Shannon Heffernan
Jackson
March 25
Who Can and Can’t Vote in Mississippi: A Guide to the State’s Lifetime Voting Ban
This guide offers details about the state’s disenfranchisement laws and how you may still be able to vote from jail, even with a conviction.
By
Caleb Bedillion