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Closing Argument
Weinstein Ruling Poses Quandary: Can #MeToo Coexist With Protections for Defendants?
Feature
In This Police Youth Program, a Trail of Sexual Abuse Across the U.S.
Analysis
How Campus Protests Could Shape the 2024 Elections — And Not Just the Presidency
News and Awards
May 6
The Marshall Project Wins the Dart Award for “The Mercy Workers”
Our feature on mitigation specialists who help save people from the death penalty was recognized for making “significant contributions to public understanding of trauma-related issues.”
By
The Marshall Project
Jackson
May 2
Mississippi Lawmakers Considered Modest Public Defense Reforms. They Rejected All of Them.
With its refusal to impose oversight or consistent standards in local defense, Mississippi risks falling further behind rest of the U.S., critics say.
By
Caleb Bedillion
The Record
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Protest
Pro-Palestinian protests
Donald Trump
New York
The People v. Donald J. Trump
UCLA
hush money
Gaza
Closing Argument
April 27
They Killed Their Abusive Partners. Now Their Sentences Could Be Reconsidered.
Oklahoma could re-examine how it punishes people whose crimes came after years of domestic abuse. Other states may follow.
By
Christie Thompson
and
Cary Aspinwall
Life Inside
April 26
What Being Trans in Prison Is Really Like
Amid a wave of anti-trans legislation, and the violence that often follows, four people share their experiences in the criminal justice system.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel
Closing Argument
April 20
The Enduring Use of Solitary, and New Proposed Limits That Will Likely Fail (Again)
Isolation’s damaging effects are widely known. But many facilities confine people — even youth — virtually all day, sometimes in shower stalls.
By
Jamiles Lartey
Analysis
April 18
Officials Failed to Act When COVID Hit Prisons. A New Study Shows the Deadly Cost.
People in prison died at 3.4 times the rate of the free population, with the oldest hit hardest. New data holds lessons for preventing future deaths.
By
Anna Flagg
,
Jamiles Lartey
and
Shannon Heffernan
Opening Statement
Links from
this mornings’s email
Alabama approves second nitrogen hypoxia execution
Judge Cannon indefinitely postpones Trump’s classified docs trial
Stormy Daniels Tells Story of Sex With Trump in Hush-Money Trial Testimony
‘You’re a Go’: How Miscues and Confusion Delayed the National Guard on Jan. 6
UCLA taps L.A. police, FBI in investigation of attack on protesters
Miami PD’s Javier Ortiz joins the Florida State Guard
Can Philadelphia Fix One of the Most Drug-Plagued Neighborhoods in the Country?
Lawsuit Claims Widespread Sex Abuse at Illinois Youth Detention Centers
Powerless in Prison: The shutdown of FCI Dublin
Why is the simplest explanation of campus protests so hard to accept?
Editorial: The death penalty is racist. That's almost beside the point
Russia and China Are Winning the Propaganda War
D.C.’s Misguided Crime Bill Delivers for Law Enforcement, Not the Community
Even If You Support Police, Don't Ban People From Recording Them
Eddie Gibbs Went From Prison to Politics. Now He Helps Others Get a Second Act.
U.S. company fined $650,000 for illegally hiring children to clean meat processing plants
Though noncitizens can vote in few local elections, GOP goes big to make it illegal • Stateline
The cruel consequences of America’s aging prison population
Shadow Budgets: How mass incarceration steals from the poor to give to the prison
Closing Argument
April 13
The Parents Paying for Their Children’s Crimes
Experts warn about a wave of legal consequences for parents like the Crumbleys, while some states consider prosecutions for kids as young as 10.
By
Jamiles Lartey
Life Inside
April 12
I Had a Tough Job at My Brooklyn Jail: Keeping Men From Taking Their Own Lives
As a suicide prevention aide, I had to make sure my fellow detainees didn’t harm themselves. It was surprisingly easy to get such a complex job.
By
Rashon Venable
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