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

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.

Hosted by Lawrence Bartley, publisher of “The Marshall Project Inside,” and co-creator/director Donald Washington Jr., ...

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

“Every life hinges on poverty, gender and race,” he declares in the 2024 song, “and the pay of the attorney defending your case.” Rrome Alone is the moniker of Alim Braxton, who is on death row for ...