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He Spent Years in Federal Prisons. Now He’s Helping to Lead Them.
Analysis
A North Carolina County Wanted New Court to Stem Its Opioid Crisis. Then Came Trump’s Cuts.
Q&A
Have We Been Wrong About ‘Psychopaths’?
A photograph with an aerial view shows a group of eight people walking on a road as they follow several immigration officers.
Closing Argument June 14
The Feds Are Offering Migrants Cash to Self-Deport. Lawyers Call These Incentives Misleading.
The government’s offer to pay a stipend, waive fees, and let people return legally to the U.S. go against current law and court practices, immigration lawyers say.
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A collage shows a black-and-white photo of a domed capitol building, snippets of text from reports about the indigent defense system in Mississippi and, on the right, a silhouette of a man in a suit holding a briefcase against a grayish-blue textured background.
Jackson June 12
From Budget Chaos to Public Defenders: Mississippi Poised to Fund ‘Day 1’ Experiment
Indigent felony defendants in many counties have lacked court-appointed lawyers before indictment, even while they sat in jails for weeks or months.
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Vajusi, a man with short, dark-brown hair, wears a sheriff's department uniform. He sits next to three other men, also wearing sheriff's department uniforms, in a room with windows with sunlight coming through.
Cleveland June 12
Cuyahoga Deputy Who Shot at Two Teens Was Deemed Unfit for Suburban Force
Deputy Isen Vajusi struggled with confidence, stress and field training before being forced out of the suburbs. He’s now on the sheriff’s downtown safety patrol.
By , The Marshall Project, and Tara Morgan, News 5 Cleveland
A large group of protesters stand with signs in the lower half of the photo, facing green military-grade vehicles.
Analysis June 9
What History Tells Us to Expect From Trump’s Escalation in Los Angeles Protests
Since the 1960s, studies have shown that heavy-handed policing and militarized responses tend to make protests more volatile — not less.
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Three items are arranged on a white surface: a salad in a white bowl, a copy of a sonogram, and a printout of a false positive drug test result.
Feature June 9
From New York to Arizona, More States Consider Curbing Drug Testing at Childbirth
Some bills followed an investigation by The Marshall Project and Reveal that exposed the harms of widespread drug testing of pregnant patients.
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A photo shows a video surveillance camera in focus. A person in a light blue sweater is walking down a street in the background.
Closing Argument June 7
How AI-Powered Police Forces Watch Your Every Move
Artificial intelligence is changing how police investigate crimes — and monitor citizens — as regulators struggle to keep pace.
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T-Man, a Black teen wearing a red coat, stands in front of a yellow wall that has a mural painted on it. His face is not visible.
Feature June 5
This Mix of Therapies Is Helping to Stop Youth Violence in Chicago
A violence prevention program is pairing cognitive behavioral therapy with other support to keep high-risk teens out of jail.
By Ryan Levi and Dan Gorenstein
A photo of a White man behind a microphone gesturing while wearing a black judge’s robe.
News June 3
Judge Stops Federal Prisons From Enforcing Trump’s Trans Care Ban, For Now
The district judge ordered the prison system to continue providing hormone therapy to transgender people as needed, while a lawsuit proceeds.
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Michael McCallion, a man with light-toned skin and short dark brown hair, wears an orange plaid long-sleeved shirt and jeans while standing near a lake.
News June 2
No Camera, No Case? A New York Trial Shows It’s Hard to Prove Prison Abuse Without Video
Michael McCallion waited years to confront in court the officers he said attacked him in prison. The guards denied the assault ever happened.
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A White man, wearing a black suit and a blue and red tie, talks into a mic while standing at a podium with a U.S. Department of Justice seal on it. A group of reporters holding cameras and microphones stand in front of him.
Closing Argument May 31
‘Freedom for Captives!’ Trump Puts Clemency Machine Into Overdrive for Political Allies
The president has remade the pardons process with seemingly one key principle in mind: “No MAGA left behind.”
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