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Sunday, Jun 16

13

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.

Saturday, Jun 15

19

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.

Friday, Jun 14

13

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.

Thursday, Jun 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.”

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.

Monday, Jun 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.

Sunday, Jun 9

16

They Were in a Mental Health Crisis at a Hospital. This Is How They Landed in Jail.

Washington, like most states, has a law intended to protect health care workers. Instead, it’s led to prosecutions of people with severe mental illness.

Saturday, Jun 8

19

Why Some States are Trying to Get People Medicaid Before They Leave Prison

People leaving prisons and jails are at greater risk of illness and death, but for years they couldn’t use the government health insurance program.

Friday, Jun 7

13

St. Louis Homicide Cases Often Go Unsolved. Victims’ Families Want Justice.

These St. Louis families have waited years for answers. They say police seem to have forgotten their loved ones.

Thursday, Jun 6

As Murders Increased, St. Louis Police Struggled for Resources to Solve Cases

The city’s homicide unit has dealt with short staffing, long hours and a ballooning DNA backlog.

Wednesday, Jun 5

Some St. Louis Detectives May Have Botched Homicide Investigations

Several officers in the homicide unit faced internal complaints that they slept on the job, failed to get key evidence and lied to superiors.

Tuesday, Jun 4

20

A Jury of Trump’s Peers Weighs In

We asked 12 people with criminal convictions what they think of the verdict in Trump’s hush money trial.

13

In St. Louis, a Racial Disparity in Whose Killings Get Solved

In the past decade, police solved fewer than half of the homicide cases with Black victims and two-thirds of the cases with White ones.

Monday, Jun 3

How We Reported on Homicide Investigations in St. Louis

Getting and interpreting homicide clearance data involved litigation, complex analysis and patience.

Why 1,000 Homicides in St. Louis Remain Unsolved

In one of America’s deadliest cities, police have struggled to solve killings due to staffing shortages, shoddy detective work and lack of community trust.

Saturday, Jun 1

19

How Abortion’s Legal Landscape Post-Roe is Causing Fear and Confusion

We spoke with seven reproductive rights organizations — here’s what we found.

Friday, May 31

13

I Recorded a Whole Hip-Hop Album on a Death Row Telephone

In this new book excerpt, incarcerated rapper Alim “RRome Alone” Braxton describes his early attempts to record vocals over a phone in the dayroom.

Saturday, May 25

19

A Legal Doctrine That Shields Police From Many Lawsuits May Be Losing Support

A federal judge in Mississippi joined other courts in recently rejecting police arguments that qualified immunity protected their actions.

Thursday, May 23

13

Out of the Blue: The Rise and Fall of a Black Cop

After Cleveland officer Vincent Montague shot a Black man, he got promoted. Then he allied with Black Lives Matter, and his life went off the rails.

Tuesday, May 21

00

The Marshall Project Wins Prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for Criminal Justice

The award recognizes our 2023 investigation exposing lax prison discipline for abusive guards in New York state prisons.

Saturday, May 18

19

Police Tactics at Some Pro-Palestine Protests Ignore Past Lessons

While some universities have sought peaceful approaches, others have used aggressive policing that bucks research from the protests following George Floyd’s murder.

Thursday, May 16

13

Susan Chira to Step Down as The Marshall Project’s Editor-in-Chief in January

Under her stewardship, the news nonprofit more than doubled in size, opened local newsrooms and won its second Pulitzer Prize.

Saturday, May 11

19

When Bad Cops Become Private Security Guards

There’s growing evidence that former officers with troubling histories of abuse can easily find second careers in private security.

Friday, May 10

13

A Rare Bright Spot for a Canine Lover Doing Time: Raising Puppies to Become Service Dogs

Adam Roberts reflects on the highs and occasional lows of training Labrador retrievers for the Puppies Behind Bars program.

Monday, May 6

19

The Marshall Project Wins the Dart Award for “The Mercy Workers”

Our feature on mitigation specialists who help save people from the death penalty was recognized for making “significant contributions to public understanding of trauma-related issues.”

Saturday, May 4

Weinstein Ruling Poses Quandary: Can #MeToo Coexist With Protections for Defendants?

Proving sex crimes often requires evidence that is generally excluded to protect the rights of the accused.

Thursday, May 2

13

Mississippi Lawmakers Considered Modest Public Defense Reforms. They Rejected All of Them.

With its refusal to impose oversight or consistent standards in local defense, Mississippi risks falling further behind rest of the U.S., critics say.

Wednesday, May 1

20

In This Police Youth Program, a Trail of Sexual Abuse Across the U.S.

Explorer posts, overseen by the Boy Scouts, are supposed to foster an interest in policing. They have faced nearly 200 allegations of misconduct.

Tuesday, Apr 30

23

How Campus Protests Could Shape the 2024 Elections — And Not Just the Presidency

With hundreds of arrests and more campus standoffs looming, local law enforcement officials could face consequences at the ballot box.

Saturday, Apr 27

19

They Killed Their Abusive Partners. Now Their Sentences Could Be Reconsidered.

Oklahoma could re-examine how it punishes people whose crimes came after years of domestic abuse. Other states may follow.