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6 days ago | 
themarshallproject.org | Nicole Lewis
This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to future newsletters. When the Bureau of Justice Statistics released the first-ever national look at reproductive issues in state and federal prisons in April, it answered some long-standing questions, while raising a few more, about pregnancy and maternal care behind bars.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
themarshallproject.org | Nicole Lewis |Shannon Heffernan |Beth Schwartzapfel
Key criminal justice and immigration issues on the campaign trail. Learn how we cover elections. The 2024 election was framed as a contest between a “prosecutor and a convicted felon.” Donald Trump’s Election Day victory will have far-reaching implications for the millions of people like him who have felony convictions. But the vast majority of people serving time in state and federal prisons did not get to vote.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
themarshallproject.org | Nicole Lewis |Shannon Heffernan
Some people who took our 2024 election survey said Harris represented change. But they were skeptical she’d address their criminal justice concerns.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
slate.com | Nicole Lewis |Shannon Heffernan
Jurisprudence This article was published in partnership with the Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for their newsletters, and follow them on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
themarshallproject.org | Nicole Lewis |Shannon Heffernan |Anna Flagg
Support for the former president is strong inside prisons and jails — even as his party tries to roll back voting rights for people with felony convictions.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
slate.com | Anna Flagg |Shannon Heffernan |Nicole Lewis
Skip to the content Scrappy, Inspiring, Under-Loved, Perfect Jurisprudence This article was published in partnership with the Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for their newsletters, and follow them on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
themarshallproject.org | Nicole Lewis
One out of every five people shot and killed by police in the U.S. since 2015 was in the middle of a mental health crisis, according to tracking by The Washington Post. These deaths, along with pressure from activists, have prompted cities across the country to change their approach to emergency calls. Instead of armed police, a new generation of first responders, including EMTs and social workers, are handling 911 calls involving mental illness, addiction or homelessness.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
stacker.com | Nicole Lewis |Aala Abdullahi
For years before the Supreme Court upended Roe v. Wade, the landmark precedent protecting abortion access, a network of conservative Christians was slowly and methodically stacking the courts through political means. "[W]hat Trump and his Republican allies had done was to change the country by leveraging political force to conquer the courts," Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer wrote in their recent recounting of the network's maneuvering for The New York Times Magazine.
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Jun 1, 2024 | 
themarshallproject.org | Nicole Lewis |Aala Abdullahi
This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to future newsletters. For years before the Supreme Court upended Roe v. Wade, the landmark precedent protecting abortion access, a network of conservative Christians was slowly and methodically stacking the courts through political means.
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Jul 25, 2023 | 
themarshallproject.org | Nicole Lewis |Aala Abdullahi |Shannon Heffernan |Brianna Bailey
Medical Marijuana Is Legal, But Oklahoma Is Charging Women for Using It While PregnantCourts are set to decide if using the drug during pregnancy is a crime, even as a growing number of women in the state face prosecution.
