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The System October 28, 2020
The Ins and Outs of Bail
A tool that is supposed to ensure that people make their court dates has become another avenue for class and race inequities.
By Beatrix Lockwood and Annaliese Griffin
Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, D-Brooklyn, has been sponsoring discovery bills for years.
News April 1, 2019
“Blindfold” Off: New York Overhauls Pretrial Evidence Rules
Prosecutors will be required to turn over information to the defense much earlier in a criminal case, among other changes.
By Beth Schwartzapfel
U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee D. Michael Dunavant is one of three Justice Department prosecutors who have challenged the state ethics board's new discovery rule.
News August 13, 2018
Why Tennessee Is Challenging the DOJ's Ethics
A clash over evidence that could help defendants has wider implications.
By Eli Hager
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo arrives to deliver his State of the State address in Albany, N.Y., in January of 2018.
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Soon after a Marshall Project story, the governor proposes changes to an “outdated” evidence law.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
Steven Odiase, center, was convicted of killing a teenage boy in the Bronx in 2009. He was exonerated this year after defense attorneys discovered prosecutors had withheld key witness statements that could have helped prove Odiase's innocence.
News November 8, 2017
New York Courts Say: Hand It Over
A new order reminds prosecutors to show their evidence.
By Beth Schwartzapfel
June 20, 2017 - New York, NY : Aaron Cedres poses for a portrait in Rainey Park, where he sometimes slept when he was homeless, in The Bronx on Tuesday afternoon, June 20. A felony assault charge related to a Sept. 2013 altercation outside the El Batey Lounge, where Cedres worked as a bouncer, upended the then-25-year-old's life and left him homeless. The ordeal took a year and a half and 20 court appearances to clear up. In the end, the charges against Cedres were dismissed. CREDIT: Karsten Moran for The New York Times NYTCREDIT: Karsten Moran for The New York Times
Feature August 7, 2017
Undiscovered
Defendants say evidence laws force them to take pleas while “blindfolded.”
By Beth Schwartzapfel
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