As the nation celebrates two and a half centuries of independence, we put together a syllabus of some essential criminal ...

On Wednesday, Jan. 15, the family of Robert Brooks filed a lawsuit against the officers and some state officials that included numerous photos detailing his assault. This is The Marshall Project’s ...

Advocates say the decision to allow Trump to end temporary protected status will send Haitians to “violent, needless deaths.” ...

Fifty years ago, Americans set out on a polarizing mission: to find a just and fair way to punish the worst of the worst crimes by execution. In some ways, this was a surprising choice. In 1972, a ...

In the spirit of Frederick Douglass’ landmark speech — and America at 250 — immigrants explain what Independence Day means to them.

Weeks before calling to abolish capital punishment in Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine commuted the man’s death sentence to life in ...

Lexie Handlang was sexually assaulted soon after she arrived in a Missouri prison. Here, she charts her ongoing road to ...

The NYPD is leading the adoption of the “data-driven” initiative. Experts warn that some of the tactics are anything but precise.

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Eddie McLoughlin spent decades behind bars before his sentence was overturned. Now he leads a rehabilitation academy in North ...

This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Sign up for future newsletters. First came the ...