A rare look inside mitigation specialists’ investigations to help people on death row stay alive.

As the climate changes, inmates without air-conditioning have no escape from extreme heat.

How bad lawyering and an unforgiving law cost condemned men their last appeal.

JPMorgan Chase & Co has decided to stop financing private operators of prisons and detention centres, which have become targets of protests over Trump administration immigration policies.

It has been nine years since gunfire erupted in the early morning at a Killeen apartment building, leading to the death of a beloved local police detective and nine years

The editors of a new book talk about the history of the Indiana facility — written by people who were held there almost 150 years later.

As the climate changes, inmates without air-conditioning have no escape from extreme heat.

The case of Patrick Jones, the first federal prisoner to die from COVID-19, epitomizes national debates about criminal justice reform.

No-knock raids often end in tragedy — and some civilians face prosecution for shooting back.

As the climate changes, inmates without air-conditioning have no escape from extreme heat.

The Bell County District Attorney’s Office decided to waive the death penalty as a possible punishment for a man accused of shooting and killing a Killeen police officer during a

It’s a common misconception that once someone enters jail or prison, they lose their interest in the outside world.

Craig Owens has declared victory over Sheriff Neil Warren in Cobb County.

Growing up, few Black families in Ayanna Brooks’s neighborhood had dogs. A vicious attack reminded her why.

House Bill 136, which will go into effect April 12, prohibits the death penalty for aggravated murder if the person is mentally ill at the time of offense.

Why some trauma victims are more likely to take responsibility for crimes, even when they may be innocent.

Jails are key drivers of COVID spread. My experience with Chicago’s top jailer shows how politics can often stand in the way of public health.

Texas Ranger James Holland became famous for cajoling killers into confessing to their crimes. But did some of his methods — from lying to suspects to having witnesses hypnotized — ensnare innocent...

Why some trauma victims are more likely to take responsibility for crimes, even when they may be innocent.

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks to Cary Aspinwall of the Marshall Project about an investigation showing several states are using fetal personhood laws and personal health information to imprison women.

A Star-Telegram investigation finds Tarrant County blamed an inmate’s death on “natural causes” from a disease he didn’t have. Jailers had pepper-sprayed him three times.

The 31,000 people arraigned for felonies in New York each year have very different experiences in court than the former president.

No-knock raids often end in tragedy — and some civilians face prosecution for shooting back.

Challenger taps into anger over McCulloch's handling of Ferguson police shooting in 2014.

The mixed blessing of an internet posse.

But you probably wouldn’t know it, because sheriffs rule them with little accountability. After one man's death in a notorious lockup, residents of a Missouri town fought back.

In an excerpt from his new book, ‘Let the Lord Sort Them,’ Marshall Project staff writer Maurice Chammah explains where a 1970s legal team fighting the death penalty went wrong.

Why some trauma victims are more likely to take responsibility for crimes, even when they may be innocent.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Arizona in Shinn v. Ramirez. The state argued federal judges can't determine people's guilt for state crimes.

Harris County judges routinely “rubber stamp” the prosecution’s proposed version of...

Vomiting. Seizures. Stroke. Ahead of Alabama's planned execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, a doctor discusses the latest death penalty experiment.

But is it legal? A California appeals court is going to decide.

A Texas man faces execution for his daughter's death. Now science suggests it was an accident.

Katie's father went to prison for raping her and her brothers. It was an unthinkable crime that broke her family apart. So why couldn't she remember it?

Alabama has set a January execution date for what could be the nation’s first death sentence carried out by nitrogen gas. Alabama Gov.

Was he sentenced to death “because he is black”?

Why some trauma victims are more likely to take responsibility for crimes, even when they may be innocent.

A new Marshall Project effort has collected data on the prevalence of COVID-19 among prisoners and prison staff. Here's what we know after one month of reporting.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The two doctors enlisted by Nevada prison officials to oversee an execution by an end-of-February deadline don’t want to be publicly identified and are no longer being considered,...

Why some trauma victims are more likely to take responsibility for crimes, even when they may be innocent.

Opposition to stay-at-home orders is the latest example of a history of powerful sheriffs, which stretches back to the end of slavery and the settling of the frontier.

‎Show The Daily, Ep The Killing of Breonna Taylor, Part 1 - Sep 9, 2020

A juror’s regret.

While guilty people are more receptive to plea offers, innocent defendants can also see pleading guilty as an attractive option.

John Whitmire, a state senator who’s helped steer criminal justice in Texas for decades, is vowing to deploy state troopers in Houston in his run against U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.

Congratulations 2021 Book Award Winners & Finalists General Fiction WINNERThe Sweetness of Water by Nathan HarrisFINALISTSThe House Uptown by Melissa GinsburgThe Souvenir Museum by Elizabeth Mc…

A new proposal could let sheriffs investigate themselves, undermining the Sandra Bland Act that helped expose the state’s deadly jail conditions.

A Michigan prosecutor explains why he’s publicly promising to use his office to fight against efforts to criminalize abortion.

Richard Mack has built a “Constitutional sheriff” movement to resist state and federal authority on guns, COVID-19 and now election results. A new survey shows just how many sheriffs agree with him.

Richard Mack has built a “Constitutional sheriff” movement to resist state and federal authority on guns, COVID-19 and now election results.

Hear how James Holland gradually convinces Larry Driskill to question his own memory — and narrate a murder he still insists he didn’t commit.