Jamiles Lartey

RT @MarshallProj: “Every time I try to do something better," Terrance Stewart told @Jamiles, "my criminal record is my biggest nemesis.” ht…

RT @MauriceChammah: Florida is trying to make it easier to give people the death penalty — due to anger over the Parkland verdict — by redu…

RT @Weihua_Li1: 🧵Earlier this month, the FBI updated its 2021 hate crime statistics, which shows hate crime reported to the police rose by…

"Police take someone to the hospital when that person is too ill for the level of care officers can provide. Then the hospital summons police when they deem that same person too disruptive for them to control." https://t.co/KCmKtDIlhO

“The knowledge of how to properly acquire a firearm in [these] types of neighborhoods is slim to none. You get guns floating around freely and nobody educates you,” he said. “I’d never in my life heard of a [gun owners’ permit] until I went to prison.” https://t.co/u1gvb2hiOG

Update: This afternoon LaKeith Smith was resentenced to 30 years — down from 55 — but still a massive disappointment to family and supporters who were hopeful for a much larger reduction. In a social media post family said they plan to appeal.

The Marshall Project @MarshallProj

No One Says LaKeith Smith Is a Killer. Under Felony Murder, It Doesn't Matter. https://t.co/89N3jFewnP

RT @MarshallProj: A distinctly American doctrine allows murder charges against people who didn’t pull the trigger or mean to kill anyone.…

RT @megoconnor13: Police killed Jacob Harris. But his friends are serving decades in prison for it. I've spent the past six months trying…

“They had no reason to do this. And they’re out here doing this to people every day.” Powerful reporting from Memphis by @dd_writes, @Weihua_Li1 and @MarcPerrusquia. https://t.co/lvevPubFGY

RT @MauriceChammah: I spent 3 years shadowing an investigator, as she sought to save the life of a death row prisoner — by telling the stor…

RT @keribla: Even though I do not work ⁦@MarshallProj⁩ anymore, I am pleased to report that I can still be found cursing in their newslette…

RT @MarshallProj: In his State of the Union address, Biden noted his policing executive order and further urged, "Let’s come together and f…

Last May, President Biden signed an executive order promising a “National Law Enforcement Accountability Database,” there's still no sign of it. It was supposed to launch by Jan 20, the same day five Memphis officers were charged in Tyre Nichols' death. https://t.co/dSQvCK6al2

The fact that I never got to share an actual, physical newsroom with @keribla feels like a giant missed opportunity in life. At least I got this small taste 😂.

Keri Blakinger @keribla

So ⁦@Jamiles⁩ and I have created a two-person newsroom outside the conference that we both ducked out of to work on stories. He is making calls (I feel sorry for whoever they’re about) and I am cursing at the CMS as I type. https://t.co/JqoiDQXsvX

RT @keribla: So ⁦@Jamiles⁩ and I have created a two-person newsroom outside the conference that we both ducked out of to work on stories.…

RT @JimmyJenkins: Ronald McKeithen, incarcerated in Alabama for 37 years, speaking with @Jamiles at The University of Texas at Austin Priso…

RT @MarshallProj: The officers who beat Tyre Nichols were Black. This isn’t unprecedented in police violence, @Jamiles notes, but cases lik…