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Feature January 23
Taking Police Reform to Trump Country
Meet Sheriff Michael Chitwood, a Yankee cop in good-ol’-boy territory.
By Simone Weichselbaum
Feature May 15, 2017
Sixty-eight Years Later, Apologies in Lake County
For the lives ruined, for justice denied, sorry.
By Gilbert King
News March 16, 2017
A New Florida Prosecutor Says ‘No’ to the Death Penalty
But the tough-on-crime establishment fights back.
By Eli Hager
Crime on the Ballot November 9, 2016
These Prosecutors Campaigned for Less Jail Time — And Won
Reform-minded candidates unseat incumbents in some races.
By Maurice Chammah
Crime on the Ballot October 18, 2016
New Strategy for Justice Reform: Vote Out the DA
A battle in Tampa reflects a shift across the country.
By Maurice Chammah
Analysis October 14, 2016
In Florida, Only Seven Jurors Can Put You to Death
The other quirk in the state’s death penalty system.
By Maurice Chammah and Tom Meagher
Life Inside July 21, 2016
My Life as a Black Prosecutor
“I’ve been called a persecutor and a sellout.”
By Melba Pearson
Case in Point May 22, 2016
Florida Wrestles With the Death Penalty, One Case at a Time
Someone else has confessed. The DNA evidence points elsewhere. What does it take to get off death row?
By Andrew Cohen
Life Inside March 17, 2016
My Memories of Being in Prison with Whitey Bulger
Tales of the “pale, white-haired, geezer in a wheelchair.”
By Nate A. Lindell
Analysis January 12, 2016
A New Blow to Florida’s Death Penalty
The U.S. Supreme Court says state judges cannot sentence death without a jury’s mandate
By Andrew Cohen
News December 28, 2015
Miami’s Notorious Jail Fights Back Against Rape
A 5-year turnaround is cited as a model of prevention.
By Alysia Santo
Asked and Answered May 6, 2015
‘It Takes a Certain Kind of Magic to be able to Survive This Kind of Separation.’
A 32-year-old woman on what it’s like being engaged to someone serving a life sentence, long-distance romantic gestures, and the cost of each visit.
By The Marshall Project
Feature March 30, 2015
Florida’s Record on Rape
A closer look at the Sunshine State’s history of undercounting, or altogether ignoring, sexual abuse in its prisons.
By Alysia Santo
News March 24, 2015
The Worst State for Kids Up Against the Law
It’s Florida, hands down.
By Eli Hager
The Lowdown January 29, 2015
Converted Cellblocks
The many ways we recycle vacant prisons.
By Alysia Santo
The Frame January 26, 2015
Welcome to Miracle Village
Photographer Sofia Valiente captures the lives of a community of sex offenders.
Photographs by Sofia Valiente
Commentary December 17, 2014
Handling, Not Manhandling, the Mentally Ill
A close look at the L.A. County Jail settlement
By Andrew Cohen
Feature November 16, 2014
Death by Deadline, Part Two
When lawyers stumble, only their clients fall.
By Ken Armstrong

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