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WEBThe Marshall Project Wins Two Awards From The Institute for Nonprofit News Awards. Stories on fetal personhood and abusive prison guards won in the Explanatory Reporting and Investigative categories. By The Marshall Project. Feature September 25.
My Life in the Supermax - The Marshall Project
WEBJan 8, 2016 · Inmates at the ADX are held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day, and because of their crimes, many are never released. Perspectives from those who work and live in the criminal justice system. But Travis Dusenbury, a 46-year-old from Lexington, N.C. who was locked up at the ADX for ten years, made it out.
Eyewitness Testimony Is Unreliable… Or Is It ... - The Marshall Project
WEBOct 30, 2015 · Burlington Police Department. To the swelling chorus of activists and researchers who argue that eyewitness testimony is both fundamentally unreliable and over-relied upon, the Cotton case is a prime example of what can go tragically wrong when court cases hinge on human recollection.
What Can Death Row Prisoners Request Before They Die?
WEBSep 7, 2021 · The vast majority of American executions over the last half-century have been carried out through lethal injection, but several states have directed death row prisoners to pick how they will die. The exact laws vary, but in a handful of states, including Florida, Tennessee and Utah, prisoners have opted for electrocution or the firing squad.
The Short, Fraught History of the ‘Thin Blue Line’ American Flag
WEBJun 8, 2020 · The idea of a “thin blue line” can be traced all the way back to a 1854 British battle formation, a “thin red line” used during the Crimean War and then popularized in art, poetry and song. According to lawyers James Clapp and Elizabeth Thornburg, who have dug up the history behind popular phrases, the idea migrated to other professions ...
Kamala Harris’ Complex Record as Prosecutor: What to Know | The ...
WEBJul 27, 2024 · Innocence Cases. In 2008, Jamal Trulove was arrested in San Francisco and prosecuted by Harris’ office for the murder of his friend Seu Kuka. An appellate court later found that police officers had framed Trulove, and he was released after six years in prison. The city agreed to pay him a $13 million settlement.
I Got A Life Sentence At 17. Then I Was Raped In Prison.
WEBNov 1, 2018 · The next day, we were arrested and charged with capital murder, which carried two possible sentences: death, or life without the possibility of parole. We got life. I would be incarcerated forever. It was 1985, and I was just 17 years old. Once I got to prison, I was dealing with extreme guilt over my aunt’s death, and fear, because I was ...
Revisiting the Attica Riot in Real-Time 50 Years Later
WEBOn the morning of Sept. 13, 1971, New York state troopers raided the rural upstate Attica prison where prisoners had taken control four days earlier, holding dozens of guards and other employees hostage and demanding reforms. By the time order was restored, 10 hostages and 29 prisoners had been killed by police gunfire. Scores more were wounded.
New Data Shows Violent Crime Is Up… And Also Down. - The …
WEBNov 3, 2023 · According to the FBI’s crime statistics, the number of murders dropped by 6.1% from 2021 to 2022, but is still higher than where it was prior to the pandemic. For some observers, the jump in serious violent crime was always bound to stabilize, as the shock from the early pandemic wore off. “Violent crime rates had been trending down for at ...
Why Juvenile Curfews Don’t Work | The Marshall Project
WEBJul 31, 2018 · I t’s a summer ritual in many American cities — declaring a juvenile curfew to keep troublemaking teenagers off the streets. This summer at least one city—Austin—has decided not to sound the alarm. The Austin Police Department’s assistant chief, Troy Gay, told The Marshall Project, “We looked at the evidence and decided it was time to discard the curfew law; it wasn't making an ...
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