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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
This Supreme Court Case on Homelessness May Limit Prisoner Rights and Expand Executions
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
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
The Record
The
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in criminal justice today
New York
The People v. Donald J. Trump
Supreme Court
Donald Trump
election interference
History
hush money
O.J. Simpson
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
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
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
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
Opening Statement
Links from
this mornings’s email
Justices question obstruction charge against Jan. 6 rioter in case that could affect Trump
Several gun bills inspired by mass shooting are headed for final passage in Maine
Judge in hush money trial admonishes Trump after he appears to speak during questioning of a prospective juror
DA’s Error Exposes Potential Scope of Ex-Detective Louis Scarcella’s Harm
Trump hush money trial: Why Americans can't see or hear what's going inside court
As jury selection begins in Karen Read case, a search for people who haven’t made up their minds
Guns in Arizona schools: Police face flood of threats
Owners of Colorado funeral home Return to Nature where decaying bodies were found charged with COVID fraud
Alabama woman denied care in jail, then kicked out once gravely ill, suit says
The Steady Judge Merchan and The Desperate Trump Defense
Mayorkas impeachment trial has become a farcical saga
The Supreme Court abolishes the right to mass protest in three US states
SC is only state that jails juveniles for status offenses
Too many California parents don't know who killed their children
COMPTON v. TEXAS
Homicides Are Plummeting in American Cities
New Migrants Get Work Permits. Other Undocumented Immigrants Want Them, Too.
Verified pro-Nazi X accounts flourish under Elon Musk
L.A. Doesn’t Have a Homelessness Crisis. It’s a Crisis of Abandonment.
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
Closing Argument
March 23
They’re Not Cops. They Don’t Have Guns. But They’re Responding to More 911 Calls.
A new generation of first responders is handling mental health calls and other emergencies in cities across the U.S.
By
Jamiles Lartey