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Maurice Chammah is a staff writer and host of the podcast “Just Say You're Sorry,” as well as the author of “Let the Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty.” He was on the team that won a 2021 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, and has also won awards from the Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma, Online Journalism Association, Writers' League of Texas, and the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project. He lives in Austin, Texas.
Phone 212-803-5244
Email mchammah@themarshallproject.org
Twitter @MauriceChammah
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Dozens of sheriffs in uniform, some wearing cowboy hats, some wearing suits, stand on the steps of an angled staircase outside of The White House.
Analysis October 16
Why Sheriffs’ Elections Matter
From immigration enforcement to abortion access, sheriffs wield a surprising amount of power in their jurisdictions.
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Feature September 26
The Future of Prisons?
Inspired by Germany, South Carolina let prisoners design their own units, write house rules and settle their own disputes. Then came politics.
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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
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 light-skinned Hispanic man with close-cropped hair and tattoos on his arms uses the phone at the Polunsky Unit prison facility.
Death Sentences June 27
This Doctor Helped Send Ramiro Gonzales to Death Row. Now He’s Changed His Mind.
Texas plans to execute Gonzales this week even though the expert witness says he isn’t a ‘threat to society.’
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A light-skinned Hispanic man with close-cropped hair and tattoos on his arms uses the phone at the Polunsky Unit prison facility.
Life Inside June 24
A Death Row Prisoner’s Parting Interview
Days before his scheduled execution in Texas, Ramiro Gonzales speaks on faith, legacy — and apologizing to the family of his victim, Bridget Townsend.
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A photograph shows a large group of students facing toward police wearing riot gear on a college campus. Some police officers are mounted on horses.
Analysis April 30
How Campus Protests Could Shape the 2024 Elections — And Not Just the Presidency
With hundreds of arrests and more campus standoffs looming, local law enforcement officials could face consequences at the ballot box.
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Multi-color tents are set up in a park in Grants Pass, Oregon. Two people hug next to a tent.
Analysis April 10
This Supreme Court Case on Homelessness May Limit Prisoner Rights and Expand Executions
In Grants Pass v. Johnson, a town in Oregon asks the court to reconsider what constitutes “cruel and unusual punishments.”
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Brian Dorsey, a White man with glasses wearing a white shirt, at the Potosi Correctional Center.
Death Sentences April 3
He Faces Execution. His Lawyers May Have Earned Less Than $4 per Hour.
Some death penalty lawyers get paid the same no matter how long they work on a case. Critics say it’s a perverse incentive when a life is at stake.
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A photograph shows barbed wire and a prison tower at Holman Prison at sunset.
Death Sentences January 18
Vomiting, Seizures, Stroke: What Could Happen in the First Nitrogen Execution in the U.S.
A doctor on what’s new — and what isn’t — about the latest death penalty experiment.
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Feature December 18, 2023
The Mercy Workers, Illustrated
Her mission was to save him from death row — by telling the story of his life.
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Illustrated by Jackie Roche
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