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Justice Lab October 28, 2020
When Does Murder Make The News? It Depends On The Victim’s Race.
Mainstream media is less likely to cover Black homicide victims and less likely to portray them as complex human beings, a new study shows.
By Beth Schwartzapfel
Earlene Peterson, whose daughter and granddaughter were killed, in her home in Hector, Ark., in 2019.
Feature July 24, 2020
Witnesses to the Execution
An oral history of the first federal execution under Donald Trump, as told by victims’ relatives, prison staff, and others.
By Maurice Chammah and Keri Blakinger
Feature July 21, 2020
They Agreed to Meet Their Mother’s Killer. Then Tragedy Struck Again.
A Florida family opted for restorative justice over the death penalty for the man who murdered their mom. What happened next made them question the very meaning of justice.
By Eli Hager
John J. Lennon, a journalist and prisoner at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, New York, in 2018.
Life Inside November 13, 2019
What I Think About When I Think About Freedom
“It’s conflicting, I imagine, to hear how someone who once took a life thinks about living a good life.”
By John J. Lennon
Life Inside October 3, 2019
I Killed My Wife. Now I Want to Help Prevent Domestic Violence.
“If I could save one man from doing what I did, then I will have found a calling for my final years.”
By Daniel Adams
Graphics December 19, 2014
By the Numbers
A guide to the latest stats in the world of criminal justice.
By Gerald Rich, Ivar Vong and Andy Rossback
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