What if death row prisoners participated in political debate? Do people sentenced to death agree with Gov. Mike DeWine? He ...
Like Gov. Mike DeWine, most agreed the death penalty is broken and does not deter crime, but not always with the same ...
As the nation celebrates two and a half centuries of independence, we put together a syllabus of some essential criminal ...
Alfred Roberts was feeling a similar disillusionment at New York’s Sing Sing Correctional Facility on January 6, 2021, as he ...
This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to future newsletters. These days, Austin ...
Fifty years ago, Americans set out on a polarizing mission: to find a just and fair way to punish the worst of the worst crimes by execution. In some ways, this was a surprising choice. In 1972, a ...
The NYPD is leading the adoption of the “data-driven” initiative. Experts warn that some of the tactics are anything but precise.
Americans built more than 900 prisons between 1980 and 2004, but the story of mass incarceration is also about what disappeared in those years. As crime rose and politicians fearmongered, prison ...
Under the terms of the Death in Custody Reporting Act, the Justice Department is required to collect information about everyone who dies in prisons and jails across the United States. The intention ...
After signing the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) last spring, President Joe Biden touted what the economic stimulus bill would deliver: food assistance to millions of people in need, ...
Alim Braxton, 50, has been behind bars in North Carolina since he was 19 years old. The Raleigh native went to prison in 1993 for taking two lives during a robbery spree. He went to death row in 1997, ...
Jody Owens, the district attorney in Mississippi’s capital city who faces trial on federal corruption charges, has been fined for failing to disclose his most recent campaign fundraising and spending.
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