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Closing Argument
Why Some Police Are Being Trained in Election Law
Life Inside
Life Inside, Remixed: How I Found Peace in the Prison Garden
Inside Story
Toll of Prison Staff Shortages on Guards, Prisoners and Their Families
Feature
Assaulted by Her Cellmate, a Trans Woman Took the Federal Prisons to Court
Cleveland
October 8
Meet the Candidates Running for Judge in Cuyahoga County’s General Election
What voters need to know about the judicial candidates on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.
By
The Marshall Project
Closing Argument
October 5
Drug Testing of Pregnant Patients Is Discriminatory, Lawsuit Claims
The Marshall Project recently investigated how faulty drug tests at hospitals lead to pregnant women being reported to authorities and at times separated from their children.
By
Shoshana Walter
The Record
The
most popular topics
in criminal justice today
2024 election
Texas
Donald Trump
Death Penalty
Supreme Court
Wrongful Conviction
Florida
Police Accountability
Life Inside
October 4
Life Inside, Remixed: What 90 Days in Jail Taught a Poet About America
Ravi Shankar was born in D.C. to South Indian parents. But it took going to jail for him to fully understand what many other Americans of color face.
By
The Marshall Project
Inside Story
October 3
Discredited Hair Analysis Is Fueling Efforts to Overturn Convictions
Rapper Common talks about his work bringing music into prisons, and incarcerated people fight their convictions from debunked forensic science.
By
Lawrence Bartley
and
Donald Washington, Jr.
Cleveland
October 1
Cleveland Police Stop and Search Black Drivers at Higher Rates Despite DOJ Oversight
Review of 17,000 Cleveland police stops shows Black people are searched three times as often, yet White people have contraband at near equal rates.
By
Mark Puente
, The Marshall Project,
Sarah Buduson
, News 5 Cleveland
Jackson
October 1
‘A Life Sentence.’ How Mississippi’s Forever Voting Ban Keeps Thousands From the Polls.
The state’s disenfranchisement law punishes people with nonviolent offenses, as reform fails in the Legislature and courts.
By
Caleb Bedillion
Opening Statement
Links from
this mornings’s email
In Texas, Execution Looms Despite Questions in Shaken Baby Case
Donald Trump, exaggerating about crime in Aurora, calls for unauthorized immigrants who kill U.S. citizens to get death penalty
He spent 50 years fighting to leave prison. Now he helps others get out.
Hundreds of people charged with domestic violence, child abuse or DUIs are walking free in Anchorage
Appeals court overturns contempt finding, removes judge in Texas foster care lawsuit
Justice Dept. sues Virginia over program aimed at eliminating voters
A Democratic Boss Is in Prison. He Still Has 2 Public School Jobs.
Colorado officer who killed Black man holding cellphone mistaken for gun won't be prosecuted
Kamala Harris’s Muted Message on Mass Deportation
How Jack Smith’s New Case Against Trump Works
The People v. the Prison
The Menendez brothers are back, but very little has changed
Opinion
National Guard’s report of ‘armed militia,’ prompts the relocation of North Carolina hurricane recovery officials
San Quentin Prison Hosts an Unusual Film Festival
DACA program's fate uncertain as it's debated in appeals court amid six-year legal challenge
Fentanyl, Not Reforms, Fueled Oregon’s Overdose Spike, Asserts New Study
They wrote a book while locked in solitary confinement. Texas won’t let them read it
Closing Argument
September 28
Unhoused People Have Property Rights Too
A recent Supreme Court decision spurred a crackdown on people experiencing homelessness. Here’s how some are still fighting back.
By
Geoff Hing
Cleveland
September 27
Judge Celebrezze Faces Misconduct Claims Over Appointing Lucrative Divorce Cases to Friend
Ohio Disciplinary Counsel alleges Cuyahoga County judge made false statement, had ties to court-appointed receiver paid over $500,000 in fees.
By
Mark Puente
News and Awards
September 27
The Cleveland Judge Guide wins the Online News Association’s Gather Award
The Marshall Project, Signal Cleveland and Cleveland Documenters are honored for their community-centered coverage of local elections and judicial candidates.
By
The Marshall Project
News and Awards
September 26
The Marshall Project Wins Two Awards From The Institute for Nonprofit News Awards
Stories on fetal personhood and abusive prison guards won in the Explanatory Reporting and Investigative categories.
By
The Marshall Project