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Ohio Governor Grants Mercy to Man on Death Row For First Time
Redemption Songs
Ear Hustle’s Antwan Banks Williams Goes Deep on ‘Like Father, Like Son’
The Last 12 Weeks
What If I Follow You Around?
Death Sentences
How The Death Penalty At 50 Is Far More Broken Than We Knew

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Closing Argument June 20
How Government Fines of $1 Million+ Are Increasingly Targeting Immigrants
A 1996 law allowing fines for some immigrants was rarely used — until Donald Trump’s second term began.
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A blue-toned illustration shows an umbilical cord turning into a telephone cord, the eyes of a middle-aged man and the eyes of a young woman. Inside the man’s pupils is a Black man smiling at a baby. Inside the young woman’s pupils is the figure of a man leaving through a doorway.
Life Inside June 19
I Tried to Protect My Oldest Daughter From Pain. I Didn’t Think I Would Be the Source of It.
“I saw every evil thing lurking from afar. What I didn’t see was that my own behavior problems and my toxic masculinity could cause damage.”
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The Last 12 Weeks June 18
The Countdown to David Wood’s Execution Date
One week before their client is set to die, the defense team awaits a final ruling.
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The Last 12 Weeks June 18
Meeting David Wood — And One of His Victims
We visit death row, where David Wood tries to clear his name. But not before a victim of his crimes has her say.
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The Last 12 Weeks June 18
The Defense Lawyers Approach a Victim’s Mother
In the final weeks before the execution date, the defense team has to decide just how far it’s willing to push to save David Wood’s life.
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The Last 12 Weeks June 18
A New Witness Shares a Surprising Theory
With less than two months until the execution, a witness makes a case for why David Wood isn’t the Desert Killer.
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An illustration with a pale yellow background shows, at center, a woman in an orange prison uniform with her right hand on her stomach. She is writing a grievance on sheets of paper that are flying over her head. Over one of the pages is the word "Reject." On the upper left corner, there is a drawing of FCI Aliceville, a prison. On the lower right corner, this is a view of two floors of prison cell doors, with a set of stairs leading up to the second floor. Scattered around the illustration are gray and orange blocks and shapes, and over the entire illustration, there is a grid made up of thin light purple lines.
Feature June 17
‘Rejected’: How Federal Prisons Stonewall Grievances and Deny Care for Years
A law forces people in federal prisons to file grievances before they can sue in court. But less than 2% of filings are granted.
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News and Awards June 16
‘The Last 12 Weeks:’ a New Podcast From The Marshall Project and NYTimes’ Serial Productions
Host Maurice Chammah takes you behind the scenes as a death penalty defense team races to try to stop an execution 30 years in the making.
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Sending Kites June 16
How to Parent From Prison
Incarcerated people from around the country share their advice.
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Redemption Songs June 14
‘Forty-Four Hammers’ Is Part of a Rich History of Prison Work Songs
The call-and-response song was one of many that Black men sang as they toiled on Southern prison farms.
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