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Closing Argument
How ‘Coercive Control’ Is Expanding Domestic Abuse Laws in Several States
Life Inside
Why I Blew the Whistle on Extreme Confinement on Rikers Island
St. Louis
Judges in Missouri Can Levy Death if Juries Deadlock. Some Say the Law Is Unconstitutional.
Cleveland
June 23
How Ohio Prison Staff Open and Read Confidential Legal Mail
An anti-drug smuggling policy has slowed the delivery of time-sensitive court documents as prison staff read letters protected by attorney-client privilege.
By
Doug Livingston
Closing Argument
June 21
These States Are Debating Castration for Sex Crimes. Experts Call It Cruel and Pointless.
Critics say there’s no evidence that castration prevents future sex offenses. Yet several states are weighing such measures.
By
Wilbert L. Cooper
The Record
The
most popular topics
in criminal justice today
Second Trump administration
ICE
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Immigration
Supreme Court
Immigration Detention
ICE raids
Los Angeles, California
Analysis
June 20
He Spent Years in Federal Prisons. Now He’s Helping to Lead Them.
The Bureau of Prisons’ new deputy director’s past incarceration has drawn outrage from some officers — and support from people still inside.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel
Analysis
June 17
A North Carolina County Wanted New Court to Stem Its Opioid Crisis. Then Came Trump’s Cuts.
As the Justice Department slashes funding to programs across the U.S., Wilkes County’s planned recovery court was halted before it started.
By
Geoff Hing
Q&A
June 16
Have We Been Wrong About ‘Psychopaths’?
In a new book, Rasmus Rosenberg Larsen questions how courts and prisons use psychopathy diagnoses — and whether they should at all.
By
Maurice Chammah
Closing Argument
June 14
The Feds Are Offering Migrants Cash to Self-Deport. Lawyers Call These Incentives Misleading.
The government’s offer to pay a stipend, waive fees, and let people return legally to the U.S. go against current law and court practices, immigration lawyers say.
By
Jamiles Lartey
and
Shannon Heffernan
Opening Statement
Links from
this mornings’s email
Supreme Court Sides With Death Row Prisoner Seeking DNA Testing
Additional opinions from Thursday, June 26
‘They're Not Breathing’: Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls
Trump Appointee Prosecuting LA Protesters Defended Jan. 6 Suspects
Family of inmate killed by corrections officers sues the state, county coroner’s office
Mohsen Mahdawi Fought ICE and Won His Freedom. For Now. – Mother Jones
Judge blocks Colorado governor from ordering certain state workers to hand over employment info to ICE
Lawyers ask Tennessee Supreme Court to weigh case of death row inmate
Federalized National Guard for Drug Raid and Posse Comitatus
The Archaic Sex-Discrimination Case the Supreme Court Is Reviving
Trump Moved to Dismiss Police Consent Decrees—How Can Judges Respond?
Opinion
How To Talk To Your Senators About Emil Bove
Supreme Court limits timeline for illegal immigrants to file appeals of deportation decisions
Trump’s Global Gulag Search Expands to 53 Nations
DOJ coordinated with Texas AG to kill Texas Dream Act, Trump official says
Roll call: NOPD hiring struggles keep ranks near historic lows
More states are tracking rape kits. But key support for survivors may be slipping away. • Stateline
Jackson
June 12
From Budget Chaos to Public Defenders: Mississippi Poised to Fund ‘Day 1’ Experiment
Indigent felony defendants in many counties have lacked court-appointed lawyers before indictment, even while they sat in jails for weeks or months.
By
Caleb Bedillion
Cleveland
June 12
Cuyahoga Deputy Who Shot at Two Teens Was Deemed Unfit for Suburban Force
Deputy Isen Vajusi struggled with confidence, stress and field training before being forced out of the suburbs. He’s now on the sheriff’s downtown safety patrol.
By
Mark Puente
, The Marshall Project, and
Tara Morgan
, News 5 Cleveland
Analysis
June 9
What History Tells Us to Expect From Trump’s Escalation in Los Angeles Protests
Since the 1960s, studies have shown that heavy-handed policing and militarized responses tend to make protests more volatile — not less.
By
Jamiles Lartey
Feature
June 9
From New York to Arizona, More States Consider Curbing Drug Testing at Childbirth
Some bills followed an investigation by The Marshall Project and Reveal that exposed the harms of widespread drug testing of pregnant patients.
By
Shoshana Walter