News and Awards
March 31
A new documentary from The Marshall Project and Frontline (PBS) offers a rare look at the lives of expectant mothers inside a notorious women’s prison.
News
August 1, 2018
Do states have an obligation to educate formerly incarcerated people about their new rights?
Case in Point
January 29, 2018
Sometimes capital punishment is just the luck of the draw.
News
December 13, 2017
The Alabama Democrat represents the flip-side of his predecessor.
Life Inside
July 13, 2017
A rash of suicides in solitary confinement hits an inmate close to home.
News
March 12, 2017
Now 28, he’ll be re-sentenced, unless the court finds him ‘irreparably corrupt.’
Case in Point
January 9, 2017
Alabama never forgave Phillip Chance for running away.
Commentary
December 20, 2016
Waiting for a Reprieve That Never Comes
For defenders, the frantic paperwork ends, and so does a client’s life.
Feature
December 7, 2016
Judges have uniquely uncommon power in the state.
Case in Point
October 24, 2016
Ex-prisoners challenge a law that lets local bureaucrats judge “moral turpitude.”