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Closing Argument
How a Supreme Court Ruling Could Affect a Case Involving Police Abuse of Youth
Jackson
Jackson, Mississippi, Wants Curfew Centers to Cut Crime. Here’s What Other Cities Learned.
Life Inside
Love Beyond Bars: Miguel and Silvia
Analysis
June 27
Crime Rates and the 2024 Election: What You Need to Know
As crime data again becomes a flashpoint in the presidential campaign, experts push for better national statistics.
By
Weihua Li
and
Jamiles Lartey
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.
By
Maurice Chammah
The Record
The
most popular topics
in criminal justice today
Trump assassination attempt (July 2024)
2024 election
Donald Trump
Assassination Attempt
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
political violence
Republicans
Closing Argument
June 22
The New Battle Over an Old Institution: Forced Prison Labor
Inside the latest legal and legislative efforts to close state constitutional loopholes that allow slavery as punishment for a crime.
By
Jamiles Lartey
Jackson
June 20
Mississippi Wants to Allow Some Votes From Jails and Prisons. Red Tape May Stop It.
A new state law will allow more people in jails and prisons to cast absentee ballots, but many obstacles remain.
By
Caleb Bedillion
Feature
June 16
The Minneapolis Cop Who Beat Him Pleaded Guilty. He Still Fears the Department Won’t Change.
Jaleel Stallings was swept up in the chaos of protests over George Floyd’s murder. The outcome changed his life.
By
Jamiles Lartey
Closing Argument
June 15
More States Restricting ‘Excited Delirium’ as Cause of Death in Police Custody
Authorities use the term to describe the condition of some people who die. But some medical organizations say it’s useless or racist pseudoscience.
By
Jamiles Lartey
Opening Statement
Links from
this mornings’s email
What to know about Corey Comperatore, man killed at Trump rally in Butler
Shooting at Trump rally spotlights rising violence that has become America’s political reality
‘It was horrifying’: Chutkan warns against complacency about Jan. 6
How the Texas Senate Suppresses Sexual Harassment Complaints
Judge tosses criminal charge against Baldwin
Milwaukee mayor says D'Vontaye Mitchell death was preventable
Missouri execution plans move forward despite prosecutor trying to overturn murder conviction
How 5 King County cities are reimagining care for people in crisis
Commissioners cancel $1.7B Fulton jail rebuild, greenlit $300M renovation instead – WSB-TV Channel 2
A failure of security and democracy
Goodbye to Special Counsel Investigations of Incumbent Presidents
Unsettled People
A Rule for the Ages, or a Rule for Trump?
Sotomayor Calls Out Junk Science in Alabama Bite-Mark Case
Louisiana Federal Court Affirms the Right To Peacefully Protest
Victim of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre identified through DNA genealogy as WWI veteran
Some police officers leave big cities for smaller towns to avoid heightened scrutiny • Stateline
Congress Set To Have New Oversight Over The Federal Bureau Of Prisons
NYPD officers seen in video repeatedly punching a man are placed on modified duty
Life Inside
June 14
A Criminal Justice Journalist Wrestles With Doubts in the Jury Box
A longtime journalist serving on a jury must weigh the flaws of the system against the holes in the gun and drug case he heard.
By
Tom Meagher
Feature
June 13
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.”
By
Shannon Heffernan
Cleveland
June 13
Behind the Black Shield: The History of a Cleveland Institution
How one of the oldest Black policing organizations in the country shaped law enforcement in Cleveland.
By
Wilbert L. Cooper
Feature
June 10
5 Takeaways From Our Series on St. Louis Homicide Investigations
The police department has struggled to solve homicides, partly due to shoddy detective work, staffing shortages and eroding community trust.
By
Rachel Lippmann
, St. Louis Public Radio;
Tom Scheck
and
Jennifer Lu
, APM Reports