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Life Inside November 30, 2017
Two Wrongful Convictions. One Happy Marriage.
“It felt like the universe put us together.”
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Jennifer Thompson has spoken about how wrongful convictions contribute to crime by allowing the guilty to go free.
Q&A March 21, 2018
When the Innocent Go to Prison, How Many Guilty Go Free?
A husband and wife want to upend how we talk about wrongful convictions.
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A Black man with glasses and a black fedora, black vest and red button-down shirt.
Inside Story October 3, 2024
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.
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News February 2, 2016
Old Convictions, New Science
Texas tackles debunked forensics.
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A Black woman with short hair, wearing a patterned-pink jacket, sits in a chair in a courtroom with a small smile on her face.
Inside Story October 17, 2024
Americans With Past Convictions Fight to Regain Right to Vote
A Tennessee woman tries to regain her right to vote after a conviction, and entrepreneur Topeka Sam talks about what she learned while in prison.
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Christopher Tapp, right, and public defender John Thomas at a hearing at the Bonneville County Courthouse in Idaho that allowed Tapp to leave prison in 2017.
News July 16, 2019
In an Apparent First, Genetic Genealogy Aids a Wrongful Conviction Case
An Idaho man falsely confessed to a 1996 rape and murder.
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Jules Werkheiser, a White person wearing a leather jacket, with her wife, Samantha, a White woman wearing a blue floral dress, and their son, Julius.
Life Inside July 19, 2024
Love Beyond Bars: Jules and Samantha
Jules and Samantha Werkheiser fought their wrongful convictions for over a decade. Here’s their journey of survival — and motherhood — in pictures.
Photographs by Camille Farrah Lenain
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News November 21, 2014
The Corrections
Tales from a week of overturned convictions.
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Life Inside October 19, 2017
I Served 26 Years for Murder Even Though the Killer Confessed
One of the strangest, cruelest stories of wrongful conviction you’ll ever read.
By Alton Logan and Berl Falbaum
A photo shows hands holding a mobile phone, with a pictures of Hoan Ton-That, a multi-racial man wearing a white outfit on the screen.
Closing Argument April 8, 2023
What Happens When Your Social Media Photos End Up in the Hands of Police
Law enforcement agencies, from police departments to ICE, are using facial recognition, sometimes leading to wrongful arrests.
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Prisoners fill out voter registration forms in a work-release center in Birmingham, Ala.
Commentary August 20, 2018
Jim Crow’s Lasting Legacy At The Ballot Box
Denying voting rights to people with felony convictions has roots in racist laws.
By Jennifer Rae Taylor
A woman enters a tan bricked building, with the signage "justice building" above the door.
Closing Argument January 7, 2023
How Two States Differ on the Injustice of Non-Unanimous Juries
Oregon and Louisiana eliminated the practice, which had white supremacist roots. But they differ on whether to retroactively overturn those convictions.
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Former President Donald Trump, wearing a yellow tie with a dark-red graphical pattern, sits at a courtroom table, his hands folded, looking into the camera, while his defense attorney sits alongside him and a court officer stands watch behind them.
Feature June 4, 2024
A Jury of Trump’s Peers Weighs In
We asked 12 people with criminal convictions what they think of the verdict in Trump’s hush money trial.
By The Marshall Project
An illustration shows, from left, a woman with her arm around a person who is holding a ballot; the word “Republicans”; a person with their arms in the air; a keyhole; a badge with a star on it; a person wearing a red, white and blue hat; a person with their arms out around two people confronting each other; a person speaking through a megaphone; a justice scale; and the words “Democrats” and “Independents.” The color scheme of the drawing is in marigold yellow, coral, red, blue, black and pale yellow.
Election 2024 October 17, 2024
‘Trump Remains Very Popular Here’: We Surveyed 54,000 People Behind Bars About the Election
Support for the former president is strong inside prisons and jails — even as his party tries to roll back voting rights for people with felony convictions.
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President Donald Trump, a White man wearing a dark suit and red striped tie, and his attorney Todd Blanche, a man with light-toned skin wearing a dark suit with a dark tie, appear on a monitor in a courtroom.
Analysis January 10
‘Was This Fair?’ People Behind Bars React to Trump’s Sentencing
The president-elect avoided punishment for his 34 felony convictions, highlighting how the legal system often treats the wealthy and powerful.
By The Marshall Project
A Black man in a tan prison uniform uses a touch screen to vote at a polling place inside a jail.
Closing Argument October 29, 2022
Why Millions of Americans Will Be Left Out of the Midterms
Even in states where some people with felony convictions — and those awaiting trial in jail — have the right to vote, actually casting a ballot remains difficult.
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A Black man in a blue T-shirt covers his eyes with one hand as he stands in his front yard. A police officer, wearing protective gear with the words "FDLE Police" on it, stands left of him in the background.
News November 4, 2022
Florida’s Voter Fraud Arrests Are Scaring Away Formerly Incarcerated Voters
DeSantis made a spectacle of arresting voters with felony convictions. Now, some eligible voters are opting out of midterms even beyond Florida.
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A Black man, wearing a blue striped button-down shirt and black tie, sits with an emotional look on his face and eyes closed. A White female lawyer, sitting on his right, is looking down and smiling while patting him on his back. A White male lawyer, sitting on his left, is smiling while clapping his hands.
Closing Argument May 20, 2023
In 2022, Exonerations Hit a Record High in the U.S.
Globally, potential innocence has long outweighed potential guilt. That philosophy of justice may not be one that the majority of Americans endorse.
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Steven Odiase, center, was convicted of killing a teenage boy in the Bronx in 2009. He was exonerated this year after defense attorneys discovered prosecutors had withheld key witness statements that could have helped prove Odiase’s innocence.
News November 8, 2017
New York Courts Say: Hand It Over
A new order reminds prosecutors to show their evidence.
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Jabbar Collins, who spent 16 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, reached a $10 million settlement with New York City.
Commentary March 13, 2018
Let’s Put an End to Prosecutorial Immunity
“The time has come to create some level of accountability for prosecutors.”
Frederic Block
James Ochoa recouped $36,000 after he was exonerated of a carjacking and armed robbery.
News November 19, 2018
Exonerees Racing Against a Tax Clock
The deadline for refunds is weeks away, but few know it.
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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey speaks during a conference at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City on Aug. 1, 2024. Bailey has aggressively pushed back on efforts by local prosecutors and judges to toss out convictions of people with innocence claims.
Closing Argument August 17, 2024
How Prosecutors Fight Exonerations
As laws are passed to support the wrongfully convicted, some officials in the legal system push back.
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Commentary January 27, 2015
A New York Lesson for Chicago (and Elsewhere)
Paying the wrongfully imprisoned, quickly, is both moral and economical.
By Alexa Van Brunt
Jon Eldan, right, with After Innocence clients Willie Green, left, and Danny Brown, in June 2016.
News June 22, 2016
How a Lawyer Gave Up Corporate Work to Help Exonerees Re-enter Society
When being innocent isn’t enough, you need Jon Eldan.
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Q&A January 2, 2017
John Grisham on the State of Criminal Justice
“There are thousands of innocent people in prison serving long sentences for crimes committed by others.”
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Steven Lopez, a 48-year-old man with medium-dark toned skin and wearing a suit, looks teary-eyed as he listens during a court hearing.
Closing Argument July 30, 2022
“It’s Crushing”: The Lasting Trauma of the Exonerated
Proving your innocence is only part of the battle to put your life back together.
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Illustration of a white paper airplane flying in the sky with a faint city skyline with a blue and purple gradient in the background.
Cleveland Newsletter October 24, 2024
For Many in Ohio Prisons and Jails, Trump Gets Their Votes
Marshall Project survey of incarcerated people focuses on the ‘prosecutor vs. felon’ presidential race.
By The Marshall Project - Cleveland
Scott Brettschneider, a lawyer from Queens, N.Y., plotted to pay a murder witness to recant his trial testimony in order to free a convicted killer and rake in big bucks from a wrongful conviction suit, prosecutors say.
News May 5, 2018
Fake Innocence
A lawyer’s scheme to stage a phony exoneration and cash in.
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Feature July 29, 2015
A One-Man Justice Crusade in North Carolina
Before there was a conservative push for reform, there was ‘Bev’ Lake.
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Former Navarro County prosecutor, John H. Jackson, gets in his car on July 23, 2014 in Corsicana, Texas.
News May 11, 2017
Jury Clears the Prosecutor Who Sent Cameron Todd Willingham to Death Row
John Jackson did not commit misconduct in 1992 case, a jury finds.
By Maurice Possley
In a courtroom, a White man sits at a table peering over thick-rimmed black glasses. He is dressed in a gray-striped shirt. To his left is a woman standing in a white suit jacket and to his right is another woman, seated at the table next to him.
Death Sentences September 15, 2023
He’s Facing Execution For His Daughter’s Death. Now, Science Suggests It Was An Accident.
Robert Roberson is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to examine “shaken baby syndrome” and the state of forensic science.
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Prosecutors like Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, a former public defender, are establishing conviction integrity units. Now Krasner plans to review the sentences handed to those convicted of crimes.
News March 20, 2018
The DAs Who Want to Set the Guilty Free
‘Sentence review units’ would revisit harsh punishments from the past.
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Aunjanue Ellis as Sharonne Salaam and Ethan Herisse as Yusef Salaam in a film still from Ava DuVernay’s “When They See Us.”
Commentary May 31, 2019
It’s Time to Change the Way the Media Covers Crime
Ava DuVernay’s ‘When They See Us’ revisits the Central Park jogger case. Here’s what we’ve learned since then
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President Barack Obama delivering the State of the Union address in 2011.
News January 20, 2015
‘My Fellow Americans’
Reimagining the president’s State of the Union speech.
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Andrew Warren, above, won the race for Hillsborough state attorney in Florida against Mark Ober.
Crime on the Ballot November 9, 2016
These Prosecutors Campaigned for Less Jail Time — And Won
Reform-minded candidates unseat incumbents in some races.
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News April 17, 2019
Took a Plea? Brooklyn's District Attorney Will Support Your Parole
Most prosecutors automatically oppose parole requests. Not Eric Gonzalez.
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In this image, taken in 1956, a witness points from a courtroom stand in Denver to identify a defendant.
News July 13, 2017
When a Witness Confronts the Accused: Is a Courtroom I.D. Fair?
So far, two states say not always, and try to limit the practice.
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Robert Roberson, a light-skinned man wearing a white prison uniform, looks through visitation room glass. A phone hangs on either side of the divider.
Closing Argument September 18, 2024
Robert Roberson’s Death Penalty Case Shows How Justice System Fails People With Autism
He was convicted in his daughter’s death. Those who believe he’s innocent argue his diagnosis helps explain how he ended up facing execution.
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A photo illustration shows a photo of Reginald Reddick in the center, with a black and white photo of a jury to the left, and a sign saying "Criminal Court" on the right. At the top right there is a jury slip that says "Is this your verdict?" with a checkmark next to "No."
News May 10, 2022
Their Sentences Are Unconstitutional — But They’re Still In Prison.
Louisiana’s high court considers the fate of more than 1,000 people serving sentences handed down by “Jim Crow juries.”
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News June 8, 2015
The Possibly Coerced Confession at the Heart of the Bite Mark Case
Re-assessing a videotaped interrogation.
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Inside Out October 14, 2021
They Put Me in Solitary for Drugs I Didn’t Have
Lockups use unreliable tests to claim that lawyers are sending drugs to their clients behind bars.
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Gov. Jeff Landry, a White man wearing a blue suit and red tie, speaking at a podium in January 2024.
Closing Argument March 9, 2024
These States Are Once Again Embracing ‘Tough-on-Crime’ Laws
Louisiana is one of several states passing punitive measures in response to public fears.
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Louisiana and Oregon are the only states that permit criminal convictions in felony cases with non-unanimous juries.
Case in Point September 25, 2017
A Vestige of Bigotry
The Supreme Court and non-unanimous juries.
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News April 23, 2015
Who Told the Truth, Part 2
A hearing in San Antonio revives the ghosts of the satanic abuse trials and questions about the testimony of child victims.
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Former Colorado State Rep. Beth McCann is sworn in as Denver’s District Attorney in January.
News January 25, 2017
Against the Trump Tide
Away from Washington, a new breed of prosecutors takes first steps.
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Several people attack Deandre Harris during white nationalist protests in Charlottesville, Va.
News August 14, 2017
Crowdsourcing the Charlottesville Investigation
The mixed blessing of an internet posse.
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Manuel Herrera, whose family brought him to the U.S. from Honduras in 1976, at Varick Street Immigration Court in New York.
Case in Point May 21, 2018
Citizen? Prove it.
After 22 years, Manuel Herrera discovers that it’s complicated.
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Commentary November 21, 2014
Is the Criminal Justice System Defensible?
A debate between Judge Harvie Wilkinson III and Stephen Bright.
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An illustration shows a Black man in a white T-shirt with his arms around an older Black woman in a polka-dotted shirt and an older Black man in a newsboy cap and black T-shirt. The left side of the illustration shows a freeway, with trees at the edge of the road.
Life Inside May 12, 2023
My Brother Was Wrongfully Convicted for Murder. 20 Years Later, So Was My Son.
Although it was a coincidence, I knew it wasn’t a mistake. What Louisiana was doing to men like my brother Elvis and my son Cedric was intentional.
By Earline Brooks Colbert, as told to
Looking Back February 24, 2016
Who Told the Truth?
A hearing in San Antonio will revive the ghosts of the satanic abuse trials and questions about the testimony of child victims.
By
Davontae Sanford during a court appearance in Detroit in 2010.
News April 14, 2015
Two Confessions
One by a nervous kid. One by a self-styled hit man. A Detroit whodunnit.
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Analysis October 21, 2015
Congress Prepares to Deliver (a Little) Criminal Justice Reform
Is this the beginning — or the end?
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A courtroom at the Justice Center for the People on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Commentary June 13, 2016
Poor on a Native American Reservation? Good Luck Getting a Lawyer.
A judge takes a hard look at tribal justice.
By Dominique Alan Fenton
Marilyn Mosby announcing criminal charges against officers in the Freddie Gray case in May 2015.
News March 20, 2017
Cops Win Another Round Pursuing the Prosecutor Who Pursued Them
A judge rules against Marilyn Mosby in the Freddie Gray case.
By
The Caddo Parish Courthouse in Shreveport, La.
News November 28, 2017
Where the Poor Face the Death Penalty Without a Lawyer
A budget crunch in Louisiana leads to an unusual wait list.
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Satana Deberry is a reform candidate in the race for district attorney in Durham, N.C.
News May 1, 2018
How Prosecutor Reform Is Shaking Up Small DA Races
The goals of the effort are trickling down, even if the money isn’t.
By
Feature April 29, 2018
More from The Marshall Project
Vance the philanthropist, Vance and the game of hide-the-evidence, Vance and the rise of the reform DA.
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Louis Schexnayder, right, unsuccessfully asked the Supreme Court to rescue him from a life sentence in Louisiana.
Case in Point December 11, 2019
His Appeal in Louisiana Was a Sham Proceeding. But the High Court Won’t Review the Case.
Louisiana automatically rejected appeals from prisoners who represented themselves. One prisoner hoped the Supreme Court would consider his conviction in the light of that scandal.
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A gray building with a sign reads: "United States Courthouse."
Closing Argument February 10, 2024
The AI Lawyer is Here
How Artificial Intelligence is making its way into the legal system.
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An illustration shows, from left, an elephant symbolizing Republicans; simplified figures including a person stepping out with vertical bars to their right, crossed by wavy lines suggesting a flag; a woman holding a sign; a donkey symbolizing Democrats; a ballot box; and hints of barbed wire on either side of the drawing. The color scheme of the drawing is in marigold yellow, coral, blue, black and light gray.
Election 2024 October 24, 2024
These Incarcerated People Are Excited for a Woman President
Some people who took our 2024 election survey said Harris represented change. But they were skeptical she’d address their criminal justice concerns.
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District Attorney Cyrus Vance’s office was responsible for almost 38 percent of New York city’s jail population in 2016.
Feature April 29, 2018
The People vs. Cy Vance
Think the Manhattan DA goes easy on the rich? Take a look at how he prosecutes the poor.
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News September 14, 2015
The Problem With Hiring Liars to Catch Crooks
Can you really trust an informant who’s been arrested in 43 states?
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News August 11, 2015
Why Three Counties That Loved the Death Penalty Have Almost Stopped Pursuing It
A closer look at get-tough DAs.
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Commentary June 12, 2016
For 50 Years, You’ve Had “The Right to Remain Silent”
So why do so many suspects confess to crimes they didn’t commit?
By Samuel Gross and Maurice Possley
Case in Point May 22, 2016
Florida Wrestles With the Death Penalty, One Case at a Time
Someone else has confessed. The DNA evidence points elsewhere. What does it take to get off death row?
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Mark Ober, the Republican state attorney of Hillsborough County, Fla., is facing a challenger for the first time since 2004.
Crime on the Ballot October 18, 2016
New Strategy for Justice Reform: Vote Out the DA
A battle in Tampa reflects a shift across the country.
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Feature December 15, 2023
Old-School Hair Analysis Is Junk Science. But It Still Keeps People Behind Bars
The technique, developed before DNA testing, can’t definitively tie suspects to crime scenes. Try explaining that to juries — or some judges.
By Rene Ebersole
Victor Rosario was convicted in 1983 of starting a fire that killed eight people in Lowell, Massachusetts. In 2014 that conviction was overturned. He is awaiting a prosecutor’s decision about a retrial.
Case in Point August 8, 2017
The Weakest Link Standard
A Massachusetts case suggests a different way of judging evidence.
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Michael B. Jordan as Bryan Stevenson in the film, “Just Mercy”.
Commentary December 18, 2019
Our 2019 Picks for Criminal Justice in Movies, TV and Podcasts
The Marshall Project staff shares some of our favorite things to watch and listen to.
By The Marshall Project
News July 6, 2022
New Orleans Battled Mass Incarceration. Then Came the Backlash Over Violent Crime.
After decades of a “lock them up” approach, voters put progressives in key criminal justice posts. Now a rise in violent crime is their toughest challenge yet.
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Leonard Lacy’s mother, Claudia, met with the North Carolina conference of the NAACP at the First Baptist Church in Bladenboro, N.C. on December 1.
News December 16, 2014
Was Lennon Lacy Lynched?
A brief modern history of racially motivated murder.
By and
Justice Lab October 30, 2015
Eyewitness Testimony Is Unreliable… Or Is It?
A new study of the data says it depends on timing.
By Benjamin Ryan
Analysis January 12, 2016
Could One of These Cases Spell the End of the Death Penalty?
Abolitionists seek the perfect case for a Supreme Court challenge.
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A White man in a black jacket leans his head forward as another White man, who is wearing a red cap and suit, talks to him.
Closing Argument April 22, 2023
How the Death Penalty Is Returning to Presidential Politics
Trump and DeSantis want to make it easier to execute people, and Biden could face a rush of clemency requests from federal death row.
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The Allan B. Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas, where men on death row are held in solitary confinement.
Closing Argument October 14, 2023
A Chaotic Moment For The Death Penalty
Political and legal opinions are shifting on mental illness and capital punishment, but those on death row may be left behind.
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Kim Foxx, a Black woman wearing a tan suit, speaks into mics held by reporters surrounding her.
Closing Argument November 23, 2024
Is The Age of Progressive Prosecutors Over?
Some believe progressive prosecutors have had their moment, but others argue that view misinterprets what’s happening across the country.
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event at George Mason University in Manassas, Virginia on Jan. 23, 2024.
Closing Argument July 27, 2024
What These Decisions Tell Us About Kamala Harris’ Approach to Criminal Justice
From the death penalty to school truancy and diversion programs, here are some key steps Harris took as a district attorney and attorney general.
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A portrait of a White man smiling and wearing a tank top is mounted inside of a picture frame.
Inside Story February 23, 2023
Police Shootings in Rural America
We investigate police shootings in rural areas and speak with music executive Jason Flom about his work with people who were wrongfully convicted.
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Commentary January 2, 2015
Gideon’s Despair
Four things the next attorney general needs to know about America’s indigent defense crisis.
By David Carroll, Director, Sixth Amendment Center
Jason Rochester talks to his wife and son over Facetime. Lynsey Weatherspoon for The Marshall Project
News June 29, 2021
They Were Deported By Trump. Now Biden Wants to Bring Them Back.
The Biden administration will review thousands of deportations, permitting some immigrants back into the U.S.
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A photo shows an overview of the Mississippi Supreme Court floor. Eight justices sit in large leather chairs at a curved table, while a White man in a suit speaks from a podium near a round rug with the State Seal of Mississippi. People sitting at tables and benches opposite the justices are listening to the speaker.
Jackson November 20, 2024
How Mississippi’s Supreme Court Runoff Election Could Impact Criminal Cases
After the surprise defeat of one justice, the outcome of the Nov. 26 runoff between another justice and his challenger could change the court’s outlook.
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Feature December 11, 2014
Trial By Cash
Judicial elections have gotten ugly. That’s bad news for defendants.
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Kim Foxx, left, was a guest speaker at the Chatham Business Association on Chicago’s South Side in late 2017.
Southside October 29, 2018
The Hustle of Kim Foxx
After the fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald, can a new state’s attorney bring real reform to Chicago?
By Steve Bogira
An older Black man — a wheelchair user with a gray beard, white knit hat and blue shirt — looks off camera.
Cleveland November 9, 2023
After Nearly 40 Years Behind Bars, Ohio Man Pins Hopes on DNA Testing
Samuel Herring hopes the first-ever testing in a notorious 1984 rape will add another exoneration to the Ohio Innocence Project’s resume.
By , The Marshall Project and Tara Morgan, News 5 Cleveland
The Frame November 18, 2014
The Men Who Should Have Been Free
Revisiting “The Innocents,” one of the first photo series to explore the lives of the wrongfully convicted.
Photographs by Taryn Simon
Andrew Wilson said he was punched, kicked, smothered with a plastic bag, electrically shocked and forced against a hot radiator by Chicago police officers in 1982.
Southside October 30, 2018
Payback
Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge and his crew tortured false confessions out of hundreds of black men. Decades later, the survivors fought for reparations.
By Natalie Y Moore
Just Say You’re Sorry June 5, 2023
When a Conviction is Challenged, What Do We Owe the Victim’s Family?
In the final episode of “Just Say You’re Sorry,” we consider what cases like Larry Driskill’s mean for families like Bobbie Sue Hill’s.
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Feature July 10, 2015
Life Without Parole
Inside the secretive world of parole boards, where your freedom may depend on politics and whim.
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Perry at her gun shop in Boise, Idaho
Feature September 24, 2017
How Conservatives Learned to Love Free Lawyers for the Poor
By reframing the issue around the evils of big government, Republicans are notching victories that have eluded more liberal legislatures.
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Analysis December 20, 2023
Some of Our Best Work of 2023
In podcasts, broadcasts and narrative stories, we examined prison conditions, prosecutions of pregnant women, Dungeons & Dragons on death row, and more.
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A collage of, clockwise from top left: a photo of a woman with two children in their home; drawings of the faces of judicial candidates in circles with the text “Judicial Election Guide” in the center; an illustration of a surveillance device with a projection of a car coming out of a camera; drawings of four trans people, and above them an audio waveform; a collage of pictures, a gun, a police baton and helmet for The Marshall Project's story on the Black Shield organization; and a drawing of a school chair, with the words “The Hardest Case for Mercy” around it.
Analysis December 16, 2024
Some of Our Best Work for 2024
Online, in print, and on radio and TV, we delved into prison health care, political views of people behind bars, arrests of women who miscarry and more.
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Jackson June 20, 2024
Mississippi Wants to Allow Some Votes From Jails and Prisons. Red Tape May Stop It.
A new state law will allow more people in jails and prisons to cast absentee ballots, but many obstacles remain.
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Video from a dashboard camera showed Sandra Bland’s arrest in a traffic stop in Prairie View, Texas, in July 2015.
Analysis September 15, 2016
Sandra Bland, One Year Later
Her death at a Texas jail spurred a striking amount of reform talk across political lines.
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Lee Harris at Pontiac Correctional Center.
Southside November 2, 2018
Cellmates
Lee Harris spent years in prison without hope, until an unlikely friendship led to a years-long crusade to prove his innocence.
By Tori Marlan
Feature October 23, 2015
Exclusive: Obama Calls the Death Penalty “Deeply Troubling.”
A one-on-one interview with the president.
By The Marshall Project
Keri Blakinger.
News and Awards December 2, 2019
Keri Blakinger joins The Marshall Project
Her writing ranges from exposing prison abuses to reflecting on her time behind bars.
By The Marshall Project
Henry McCollum, who was released from prison in North Carolina along with his half-brother after DNA evidence exonerated them in the 1983 rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl.
News October 24, 2017
Innocent, Disabled and Vulnerable
A judge protects an exonerated man from his lawyer.
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Attendees at the Indy 1500 Gun & Knife show in Indianapolis in January.
Southside November 1, 2018
The Gun King
A middle-class college student from the Chicago suburbs used Facebook to sell firearms to gangsters. But was he a kingpin or a scapegoat?
By John H Richardson
A collage illustration shows black and white photos of three Black female circuit court judges, one Black male circuit court judge and one Black male district attorney. Faded images of Jackson, Mississippi, are on the edges of the illustration. Bright, curvy orange lines weave between the images.
Jackson January 19, 2024
The 5 Most Powerful People in Mississippi’s Hinds County Justice System
Four judges and the top prosecutor decide the fate of thousands in Hinds County courts each year. Here are their backstories.
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Eddy, who served two years probation for attempting to sell a few gram bags of marijuana, attended a free legal clinic that helps people get pot convictions reduced or dismissed.
News November 27, 2017
How Do You Clear a Pot Conviction From Your Record?
It depends on where you live. (Californians, you’re in luck.)
By Lee V Gaines
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