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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
Feature February 15, 2018
Too Sick for Jail — But Not for Solitary
Tennessee locks ailing, mentally ill, pregnant and juvenile prisoners in isolation to help jails save money.
By Allen Arthur with additional reporting by Dave Boucher
News January 24, 2018
The Ultimate Insider Art
On Tennessee’s death row, the old aphorism applies: art is long, life is short.
By Jeremy Olds
News November 21, 2017
43 States Suspend Licenses for Unpaid Court Debt, But That Could Change
Lawsuits say the practice severely penalizes those too poor to pay.
By Beth Schwartzapfel
Case in Point May 22, 2017
Justice on the Cheap
Thomas Edward Clardy and the trial after the trial.
By Andrew Cohen
News May 31, 2016
Want to Clear Your Record? It’ll Cost You $450
In Tennessee and other states, former felons can’t always afford it.
By Maura Ewing
Feature June 1, 2015
After Lethal Injection
Three states, three ways to kill a human being.
By Maurice Chammah, Andrew Cohen and Eli Hager
Feature November 16, 2014
Death by Deadline, Part Two
When lawyers stumble, only their clients fall.
By Ken Armstrong
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