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She Ate a Poppy Seed Salad Just Before Giving Birth. Then They Took Her Baby Away.

Hospitals use drug tests that return false positives from poppy seed bagels, decongestants and Zantac. Yet newborns are being taken from parents based on the results.

Feature • 09.09.2024

5 Things to Know About How Survivors Get Incarcerated for Their Abusers’ Crimes

Little-known laws allow people to be punished for crimes they didn’t directly commit. Survivors of domestic violence are especially vulnerable.

Analysis • 08.28.2024

Serving Time for Their Abusers’ Crimes

The Marshall Project found nearly 100 people who were punished for the actions of their abusers under little-known laws like “accomplice liability.”

Feature • 06.13.2024

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