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Looking Back July 8, 2016
Bill Clinton’s Dissident
On criminal justice, Abner Mikva was about 20 years early.
By Ken Armstrong
Feature May 4, 2016
American Sheriff
David Clarke, the Trump-loving, pro-mass-incarceration Fox News favorite, is challenging criminal-justice reform—and stereotypes.
By Maurice Chammah
Commentary April 11, 2016
Bill Clinton, “Black Lives” and the Myths of the 1994 Crime Bill
Pause the debate for some inconvenient history.
By Marc Mauer
Feature January 15, 2016
Where the Democratic Presidential Candidates Stand on Criminal Justice
A look at Clinton, Sanders and O’Malley in their fourth debate.
By The Marshall Project
Commentary October 7, 2015
The Clintons Aren’t the Only Ones to Blame for the Crime Bill
Black leaders also embraced it.
By Michael Fortner
News May 7, 2015
A (More or Less) Definitive Guide to Hillary Clinton’s Record on Law and Order
She was for reform before she was against it before she was for it.
By Eli Hager
News January 21, 2015
‘Crime’ and ‘Punishment’
A close look at the language of past State of the Union speeches.
By Gabriel Dance, Tom Meagher and Ivar Vong
Graphics December 19, 2014
By the Numbers
A guide to the latest stats in the world of criminal justice.
By Gerald Rich, Andy Rossback and Ivar Vong
Feature November 15, 2014
Death by Deadline, Part One
How bad lawyering and an unforgiving law cost condemned men their last appeal.
By Ken Armstrong
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