Search About Newsletters Donate
A black and white photo shows a black chair draped with a hood which Gilmore wore during the execution. The upper right part of the chair back has bullet holes. The chair is surrounded with sandbags.
Death Sentences April 8
The Return of the Firing Squad?
With a scarcity of lethal injection drugs, South Carolina has brought back an archaic execution method. In other states, men on death row are asking for it.
By Maurice Chammah
Feature May 24, 2021
“He Died Like an Animal”: Some Police Departments Hogtie People Despite Knowing The Risks
The U.S. Department of Justice in 1995 warned that people may die when police tie handcuffed wrists to bound ankles.
By Joseph Neff AND Emily Siegel
Mfume Obalaji Mtume, also known as Herbert “Moochie” Bailey, Jr., spent seven years in solitary confinement in a South Carolina prison for refusing to cut his dreadlocks.
Commentary July 30, 2018
What Solitary Did To Moochie — But Not Manafort
Isolation leaves lasting marks beyond incarceration
Issac Bailey
News September 27, 2016
In Some States, Raising the Age for Adult Court Is the Easy Part
But in South Carolina, making the juvenile system more humane will be much harder.
By Eli Hager
Analysis May 25, 2016
The Anomaly of Dylann Roof
White-on-black murders rarely result in a death sentence. Roof might be an exception.
By Maurice Chammah
Feature January 14, 2016
Republican Candidates on Criminal Justice: A Primer
Their sixth debate is in Charleston, a city still recovering from last year’s church killings.
By The Marshall Project
Analysis July 29, 2015
Meet Dylann Roof’s Defender
Representing an avowed racist, a champion of racial justice.
By Andrew Cohen
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C.
News June 22, 2015
What to Read: The Charleston Massacre
Selected news and comment from this morning’s Opening Statement.
By Andrew Cohen
The Rules December 3, 2014
Why are Some Inmates in South Carolina Wearing Pink Jumpsuits?
Punishing the act of self-pleasure.
By Clare Sestanovich
Q&A December 1, 2014
Will Millennials Embrace Prison Reform?
A couple of Harvard guys aim to find out.
By Bill Keller
About
People
Jobs
Sitemap
Funders