New York

Case in Point February 13, 2018

Doesn’t Anyone Want to Know Who Killed Louise Cicelsky?

New York prosecutors object to new DNA testing that might answer questions left unanswered at a murder trial.

By Andrew Cohen

News January 12, 2018

New York Cancels Private Prison Care Packages Program

An uproar over cost, selection — and coloring books.

By Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge

News January 3, 2018

How New York Could Change the Game for Its Criminal Defendants

Soon after a Marshall Project story, the governor proposes changes to an “outdated” evidence law.

By Beth Schwartzapfel

News November 8, 2017

New York Courts Say: Hand It Over

A new order reminds prosecutors to show their evidence.

By Beth Schwartzapfel

Feature August 7, 2017

Undiscovered

Defendants say evidence laws force them to take pleas while “blindfolded.”

By Beth Schwartzapfel

News March 14, 2017

Prosecutor: It’s Terrorism. Suspect: ‘I Was Just Saying Something Stupid’

If it was just a crazy, drug-induced outburst, is it worth 7 years in prison?

By Maurice Chammah

News January 5, 2017

A Parole Hearing in New York, With a Governor’s Blessing This Time

A ‘60s radical faces very different political atmosphere than her co-defendant did a decade ago.

By Beth Schwartzapfel

Feature November 15, 2016

Inmates Say They Paid a Bloody Price for a Guard's Injury

Prisoners describe a rampage by correctional officers in a New York prison.

By Tom Robbins

Feature September 14, 2016

The Obstacle Course

Applicants said the country's largest state university system discriminated against former prison inmates. Now, the schools have decided to 'ban the box'.

By Simone Weichselbaum

The Frame May 3, 2016

What It’s Like to Perform Shakespeare in Prison

An encounter with the Bard transforms a troupe of inmate actors.

By Alysia Santo