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Q&A June 12
Meet the Creators of the New Podcast From Inside San Quentin Prison
The inmate-produced show will tell intimate stories of daily life behind bars.
By Beth Schwartzapfel
Q&A February 16
Is Prison the Answer to Violence?
An advocate (and survivor) makes the case for another approach.
By Bill Keller
Q&A February 14
The Man Who Ran Obama's Clemency Machine
“He felt strongly that this was a gift, and the gift had to be earned.”
By Maurice Chammah
Q&A February 1
Titus Kaphar on Art, Race and Justice
“A painting may inspire, but it’s people who make change.”
By Bill Keller
Q&A January 29
Can Pollsters Drive Down Crime?
The NYPD’s public opinion guru thinks so.
By Simone Weichselbaum
Q&A January 22
The Return of ‘To Catch a Predator’
Talking to Chris Hansen as he revives his trademark stings.
By Maurice Chammah
Q&A January 2
John Grisham on the State of Criminal Justice
“There are thousands of innocent people in prison serving long sentences for crimes committed by others.”
By Bill Keller
Q&A August 16
Milwaukee’s Police Chief on Open-Carry Gun Laws
“It’s lunacy in an urban environment.”
By Simone Weichselbaum
Q&A August 10
Kentucky Judge Amber Wolf On Her Newfound Internet Stardom
“All judges are human beings under that robe.”
By Alysia Santo
Q&A July 15
Dallas’s Deputy Chief on Race, Despair, and Learning from Police Shootings
“My life has to matter, too.”
By Corey G. Johnson
Q&A June 7
The Amazing iPhone-sniffing Prison Dogs
Who knew cell phones had a smell?
By Maurice Chammah
Q&A June 1
How a Police Detective Helps Inmates Prepare to Live on the Outside
A new documentary spotlights a program that reclaims lives through writing.
By Simone Weichselbaum
Q&A May 25
Four San Francisco Cops Talk About the Problems Plaguing Their Department
Five shootings, a text scandal, a hunger strike, and now a new boss.
By John Morrison
Q&A May 11
Tower of Power Star to Funkifize a California Prison
Rick Stevens on his three decades locked up and his return to performing.
By Maurice Chammah
Q&A May 5
How ‘The Good Wife’ Got the Law Right
‘Don’t take the easy way out, don’t take shortcuts.’
By Raha Naddaf
Q&A March 3
“Ghettoside” Author Jill Leovy on What We Have Learned Since Rodney King
Not nearly enough, she says
By Bill Keller
Q&A March 2
The Rev. Jesse Jackson Remembers Rodney King and the L.A. Riots
‘Rodney King is in the lineage of Emmett Till, Medgar Evers, Trayvon Martin — that lineage of violation.’
By Bill Keller
Q&A February 23
One Man’s Haunting Look at PTSD and His Brother’s Execution
The Oscar-nominated short ‘Last Day of Freedom’ traces the troubled life of a black veteran.
By Maurice Chammah
Q&A February 21
‘I’ll Believe It When I See It.’
After 42 years in solitary, Albert Woodfox walks free.
By Andrew Cohen
Q&A February 17
What Kalief Browder’s Mother Thinks Should Happen to Rikers
‘There was nothing I could do with him being in there.’
By Alysia Santo
Q&A January 20
Is Charles Koch a Closet Liberal?
Not hardly. But he’s for rolling back the war on drugs, ending mass incarceration, and letting former convicts vote.
By Bill Keller
Q&A January 6
Philly's Retiring Police Commissioner on Facing Corruption and What People Get Wrong about Police Shootings
“There are two things cops don’t like – the way things are, and change.”
By David Gambacorta
Q&A November 25
Will the '21 Foot' Defense Work for the Chicago Cop Who Shot Laquan McDonald?
Revisiting a 30-year concept that is used to justify deadly force.
By Beth Schwartzapfel
Q&A November 23
The Filmmaker Who’s Taking on Taser
A new documentary criticizes TASER International and the studies behind their safety claims.
By Christie Thompson
Q&A November 16
The Odds of Overturning the Death Penalty
The man who helped topple it (briefly) in 1972 gauges the likelihood of success.
By Maurice Chammah
Q&A September 18
‘Sex is Not a Service’
A former prostitute makes the case for busting johns.
By Dana Goldstein
Q&A September 2
A Columbine Parent Reflects on the Prospects for Gun Control
After Virginia shootings, Tom Mauser reaffirms advocacy “for the long run.”
By Corey G. Johnson
Q&A September 1
Why High-Profile Murders Are Ripe for Conspiracy Theories
A history professor examines an American phenomenon.
By Alysia Santo
Q&A August 20
Prisoners Who Fight Wildfires in California: An Insider’s Look
For $2 a day, “It’s a hairy adventure, let me tell you.”
By Eli Hager
Q&A July 23
‘A Black Man’s Guide to Survival’
Rule Number 1: Comply now, contest later.
By Carl Stoffers
Q&A June 24
Bryan Stevenson on Charleston and Our Real Problem with Race
“I don’t believe slavery ended in 1865, I believe it just evolved.”
By Corey G. Johnson
Q&A June 19
In Charleston, Echoes of Violence from 1963
A prosecutor looks back on the Birmingham church bombing.
By Simone Weichselbaum
Q&A June 16
The Corizon CEO on Losing Its Contract With Rikers
"You win some, you lose some."
By Maura Ewing
Q&A June 15
Money, Dogs, and Diligence: How to Catch an Escaped Prisoner
An expert casts an eye on the New York manhunt.
By Carl Stoffers
Q&A June 11
Lessons for Bratton on How to Recruit Black Officers
A conversation with Atlanta’s Chief of Police, George Turner.
By Beth Schwartzapfel
Q&A May 26
The Attica Turkey Shoot
Malcolm Bell, former special state prosecutor and whistleblower, on getting away with murder.
By Tom Robbins
Q&A May 19
When The Gang-bangers Are White Guys
“If these biker gangs were non-white, we’d have a national freakout.”
By Dana Goldstein
Q&A May 7
‘Methadone Is Better Than Jail’
A conversation with Sandie Alger, former inmate and recovering heroin addict.
By Eli Hager
Q&A April 29
David Simon on Baltimore’s Anguish
Freddie Gray, the drug war, and the decline of “real policing.”
By Bill Keller
Q&A April 9
30 Years on Death Row: A Conversation with Anthony Ray Hinton
‘They tell you justice is blind. I am telling you that justice can see.'
By Corey G. Johnson
Q&A April 7
Juror No. 5
On the eve of deliberations over the fate of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a juror in the Timothy McVeigh trial looks back.
By Andrew Cohen
Q&A April 2
Why Are American Cops So Bad at Catching Killers?
“Every year, more than 5,000 murderers walk free.”
By Tom Meagher
Q&A March 23
‘They Didn’t Believe the Camels Were Ours’
What a journalist’s seven-year walk around the world reveals about global policing.
By Ken Armstrong
Q&A March 11
Tending to Tsarnaev
A trauma surgeon on the moment the accused Boston Marathon bomber became his patient.
By Beth Schwartzapfel
Q&A March 9
The State of Marijuana
A conversation with a prominent thinker on the evolving law — and business — of pot.
By The Marshall Project
Q&A January 12
‘Sure, People Are Talking About Prison Reform, but They Aren’t Actually Doing Anything.’
Inmate-turned-journalist Paul Wright on what he’s learned in his 25 years covering the prison system.
By Alysia Santo
Q&A December 1
Will Millennials Embrace Prison Reform?
A couple of Harvard guys aim to find out.
By Bill Keller
Q&A November 17
Eric Holder on His Legacy, His Regrets, and His Feelings About the Death Penalty
An interview with the outgoing attorney general.
By Bill Keller and Tim Golden

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