In Grants Pass v. Johnson, a town in Oregon asks the court to reconsider what constitutes “cruel and unusual punishments”.

Experts warn about a wave of legal consequences for parents like the Crumbleys, while some states consider prosecutions for ...

Recent lawsuits regarding the rights of incarcerated people and guards include gender, religious discrimination, and the ...

Billman will lead “Investigate This,” a new initiative to help more local newsrooms do criminal justice reporting.

Having your freedom snatched away is immensely traumatic. One minute you are living a life of calm. The next minute you are surrounded by walls that seem to be closing in by the second. I know this ...

The best criminal justice reporting tagged with "Senate impeachment trial (Mayorkas 2024)," curated by The Marshall Project.

Paige sat in the nurses’ station at the Winnebago County Jail in shock. Her pregnancy test had just come back positive. Paige, who asked that her last name not be used in this story, did not want to ...

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For more than a century, Mississippi has imposed a lifetime voting ban on people convicted of various offenses, including arson, forgery and bigamy. Called “disenfranchisement,” the removal of a ...