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Were you or someone you know charged with a felony in Hinds County? We made a printable resource guide so you know what to expect. [📄 View it here](https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/01/18/arrested-hinds-county-mississippi-jackson-courts).
Jackson January 24
What Happens in Mississippi’s Hinds County Felony Court, 48 Hours After Arrest
We explain terms like bond, initial appearance, grand jury and indictment, and why the first 48 hours are critical to your freedom.
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Jackson January 24
Arrested in Mississippi’s Hinds County? What You Need to Know.
A guide to jail, the courts, your rights and legal resources in Jackson and beyond.
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Donovan X. Ramsey, a Black man with short hair, wears a white shirt, vest and green pants, and stands in front of a newsstand.
Q&A November 6, 2023
The Untold Story of How Crack Shaped the Justice System
In a new book, a journalist wrestles with how lessons from America’s response to crack resonate in the opioid era.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts - January 31, 2023: Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer in his office at the Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Credit: Tony Luong for The Marshall Project
Q&A May 31, 2023
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.
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An employee at a medical marijuana cultivator in Ohio works with a marijuana plant.
Q&A January 14, 2019
How Dangerous is Marijuana, Really?
A Marshall Project virtual roundtable.
By The Marshall Project
Q&A January 7, 2019
The Case Against Cannabis
A journalist’s pursuit of the truth about marijuana, mental illness and violence.
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A reporter broadcasts while police give orders for crowds to disperse in West Baltimore after the 2015 funeral of Freddie Gray, who died in police custody.
Q&A November 28, 2018
1,000 Days of Opening Statement
The Marshall Project’s Andrew Cohen on how he curates our popular morning newsletter and what’s changed in criminal justice news since it began four years ago.
By The Marshall Project
Central American asylum seekers, including a Honduran girl, 2, and her mother, are taken into custody near the U.S.-Mexico border in June in McAllen, Texas.
Q&A June 19, 2018
What You Should Know About Family Separations
Yes, it’s Trump policy. No, it’s not the law.
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CNN commentator and host Van Jones supports the First Step Act, a bill that would improve some conditions for the nation’s 185,000 federal prisoners.
Q&A June 18, 2018
Van Jones Answers His Critics
The CNN host defends his involvement with a controversial prison reform bill and the Trump White House.
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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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