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Clockwise from top left: Donald Trump, a White man wearing a dark blue suit and red tie, sits in court with a few other people; Freddy Medina, a man with medium-toned skin; Ariel Beltran, a man with medium-toned skin; Greg Mingo, a Black man; and Khalil Cumberbatch, a man with medium-toned skin.
Analysis April 4
Most New Yorkers Don’t Get the Trump Treatment at Arraignment
The 31,000 people arraigned for felonies in New York each year have very different experiences in court than the former president.
By The Marshall Project
New York State court officials watch a virtual arraignment hearing inside Manhattan criminal court in March.
Coronavirus May 1, 2020
Can’t Make Bail, Sit in Jail Even Longer Thanks to Coronavirus
With grand juries suspended, people who get arrested lose a route out.
By Simone Weichselbaum
Life Inside September 19, 2019
All I Really Need to Know I Learned on the Streets of the Garment District
“The runaways, the mobsters, the pimps—they saw me as someone credible, someone who didn’t judge them.”
By James E. Williams as told to Tim O'donnell and Zuha Siddiqui
Feature April 29, 2018
More from The Marshall Project
Vance the philanthropist, Vance and the game of hide-the-evidence, Vance and the rise of the reform DA.
By Tom Robbins
District Attorney Cyrus Vance’s office was responsible for almost 38 percent of New York city’s jail population in 2016.
Feature April 29, 2018
The People vs. Cy Vance
Think the Manhattan DA goes easy on the rich? Take a look at how he prosecutes the poor.
By Tom Robbins
David Ganek says he lost his company after a raid by federal prosecutors that was based on a flawed search warrant affidavit. Last fall he lost a lawsuit, too, intended to hold federal officials accountable.
Case in Point February 26, 2018
For Want of a Nail
How one false statement brought down a Wall Street company.
By Andrew Cohen
Court Watch NYC, a program which sends ordinary people to report on the daily machinery of the justice system, is focused on Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance.
News February 26, 2018
👀 👀 👀 the Prosecutors
Court Watch NYC is the latest local group monitoring the criminal justice system as it happens.
By Beth Schwartzapfel
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