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Don’t ‘Punish Them More.’ Effort Grows to Ease Job Barriers After Prison Release
Just Say You’re Sorry
When a Conviction is Challenged, What Do We Owe the Victim’s Family?
Closing Argument
Three Years After George Floyd’s Murder, Police Reforms Are Slow-Paced
News and Awards
June 5
Phil Trexler Joins The Marshall Project as New Cleveland Editor-in-Chief
Trexler comes to The Marshall Project - Cleveland with broadcast, digital and print journalism experience.
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The Marshall Project
Cleveland
June 1
A Judge, a Kiss, and $450,000-plus in Court Work
An Ohio divorce court judge is barred from a case, pending a conflict hearing.
By
Mark Puente
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May 31
Stephen Breyer Wants the Supreme Court to Avoid ‘Self-inflicted’ Wounds
The retired justice spoke with The Marshall Project on abortion, the death penalty and the court’s reputation.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel
Just Say You’re Sorry
May 29
As a Texas Ranger Gains National Fame, His Interrogations Draw Skepticism
James Holland’s star rises after he coaxes killer Samuel Little to confess to 90 murders. But his work in Larry Driskill’s case comes into question.
By
Maurice Chammah
Closing Argument
May 27
How Tech Like ShotSpotter Thrives Despite Public Pushback
Police around the country have invested in the gunshot-detection system using Covid relief dollars.
By
Geoff Hing
Life Inside
May 26
My Friend Jordan Neely Was Homeless and in Mental Distress. But He Was Not Expendable.
Jordan Neely was choked to death on a New York City subway car. Mentor and fellow Michael Jackson enthusiast Moses Harper recalls who he was in life.
By
Moses Harper
, as told to
Nicole Lewis
Opening Statement
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this mornings’s email
Trump-appointed judge rejects Tennessee's anti-drag law as too broad, too vague
The Quality of Mercy
New details of Jeffrey Epstein's death and the frantic aftermath revealed in records obtained by AP
4 more Oath Keepers sentenced for seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack
Federal court reinstates death penalty order for Missouri inmate convicted of killing jailers
Inside a Bizarre Case of (Alleged) Judicial Impersonation in Dallas
Family of Native American man killed by Border Patrol in Arizona wants to know why he was shot
The Myth of the Responsible Gun Owner: An American Nightmare (Part I)
Cop City and Tortuguita: The Atlanta bail fund arrest is more horrific than thought.
Lordy, There Are Tapes
Elizabeth Holmes is just another mother in jail
Wrongfully convicted man's inspiring story banned from Florida prisons
How One Chicago Cop Got Out of 44 Traffic Tickets — ProPublica
Crime is down as L.A. plans to spend $3.2 billion to expand LAPD
Charges dropped against man who served 21 years in prison for deaths of 2 Michigan hunters
Georgia gun shop owner shutters store after mass shootings targeting children
How legal is it to film the NYPD? An activist tests the system online and in court.
News and Awards
May 23
The Marshall Project Honored in 16 Categories by the Society for News Design
Nonprofit newsroom covering criminal justice earns top distinctions, ranging from social media design to infographics to data visualization.
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The Marshall Project
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May 22
We Spent Two Years Investigating Abuse by Prison Guards in New York. Here Are Five Takeaways.
The state fails to fire most corrections officers it accuses of violence against prisoners or covering up abuse.
By
Alysia Santo
and
Joseph Neff
Feature
May 22
How a ‘Blue Wall’ Inside New York State Prisons Protects Abusive Guards
Records and interviews reveal a culture of cover-ups among corrections officers who falsify reports and send beating victims to solitary confinement.
By
Joseph Neff
,
Alysia Santo
and
Tom Meagher
Just Say You’re Sorry
May 22
An All-Night, Pizza-Fueled Interrogation. A Dubious Confession. A DNA Surprise.
Hear Texas Ranger James Holland use familiar tactics to convince another man to confess to a murder he vehemently denies. But this time, there’s DNA.
By
Maurice Chammah