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Election 2024
Fact-checking Over 12,000 of Donald Trump’s Statements About Immigration
Closing Argument
Voting Rights Confusion Keeps Formerly Incarcerated People from Casting Ballots
Investigate This
Journalists: How to Report on the Political Opinions of People in Prisons and Jails in Your State
Life Inside
October 18
Life Inside, Remixed: The Emotional Toll of Visiting a Son in Jail
Ymilul Bates’ first visit to her son exposed her to cold, distant corrections officers and left her with a question: Did they know her son was loved?
By
The Marshall Project
Inside Story
October 17
Americans With Past Convictions Fight to Regain Right to Vote
A Tennessee woman tries to regain her right to vote after a conviction, and entrepreneur Topeka Sam talks about what she learned while in prison.
By
Lawrence Bartley
and
Donald Washington, Jr.
The Record
The
most popular topics
in criminal justice today
2024 election
Donald Trump
election interference
migrants
January 2021 Insurrection
Death Penalty
Wrongful Conviction
Lawsuit
Election 2024
October 17
What People Behind Bars Really Think About the ‘Cop vs. Felon’ Election
People in prisons and jails weigh in on Harris’ qualifications for president, Trump’s potential sentence and more.
By
Aala Abdullahi
Election 2024
October 17
‘Trump Remains Very Popular Here’: We Surveyed 54,000 People Behind Bars About the Election
Support for the former president is strong inside prisons and jails — even as his party tries to roll back voting rights for people with felony convictions.
By
Nicole Lewis
,
Shannon Heffernan
and
Anna Flagg
Jackson
October 16
Meet the People Running for Mississippi’s Supreme Court and Other Courts
We profiled candidates for two state Supreme Court seats and other courts, and asked each to tell you in their own words why they should be elected.
By
Daja E. Henry
Analysis
October 16
Why Sheriffs’ Elections Matter
From immigration enforcement to abortion access, sheriffs wield a surprising amount of power in their jurisdictions.
By
Maurice Chammah
Opening Statement
Links from
this mornings’s email
FBI Confirms Investigation Into Leak of Top-Secret Documents About Israeli Strike Plans
The New Effects of Immigration — ProPublica
844: This Is the Case of Henry Dee
Panel backs keeping US trial broadcast ban, even in Trump's cases
At 15, he confessed to a murder the D.A. now says he didn't commit
January 6 riot conviction of ‘Cowboys for Trump’ founder is upheld in precedent-setting case
How Mass Deportations Would ‘Devastate’ Texas
Susan Smith is up for parole 30 years after drowning her kids in a South Carolina lake
Jayland Walker’s Family Settles With Akron for $4.8 Million Over Police Shooting
Sentencing Law and Policy: Death Penalty Reforms
Trump v. Harris 2024: The Josh Hawley problem and Jan. 6, 2025.
Opinion
Let’s Be Honest, Trump’s Running As a Fascist
Opinion: Detroit 'suicide by cop' shows police mental health needs
Kamala Harris’s Early Career Involved Courtrooms and the Social Elite
DeSantis’s office drafted letters to TV stations over abortion ad: ex-official
Joseph Giarratano, Former Death Row Prisoner and Prison Reform Advocate, Has Died
Capitol Rioter Brought Gun On Capitol Grounds On Jan. 6
Incarcerated Californians can’t vote. A prison held an election anyway
News
October 16
Warden Who Ran Federal Prisons With Abusive Practices Now Directs National Training Center
A Bureau of Prisons investigation found that Andrew Ciolli failed to stop violations of the use of force policy at one prison. Now he’s running an agency training center.
By
Christie Thompson
,
Beth Schwartzapfel
, The Marshall Project and
Joseph Shapiro
, NPR
Closing Argument
October 12
Why Some Police Are Being Trained in Election Law
Despite a history of police disenfranchising voters, and recent voter lawsuits, some experts say learning election law may help officers this November.
By
Daphne Duret
Life Inside
October 11
Life Inside, Remixed: How I Found Peace in the Prison Garden
Bobby Bostic was only 18 when he was sentenced to 241 years behind bars. To his surprise, weeds, water and soil put the St. Louis native on the path to healing.
By
The Marshall Project
Inside Story
October 10
Toll of Prison Staff Shortages on Guards, Prisoners and Their Families
Prison staff shortages impact guards, prisoners and their families, and comedian Donnell Rawlings talks about his connection to the system.
By
Lawrence Bartley
and
Donald Washington, Jr.