The Marshall Project

The Marshall Project is a non-profit and nonpartisan digital journalism group dedicated to topics concerning the criminal justice system in the United States. It is headed by Neil Barsky, a former hedge fund manager, along with Bill Keller, who previously served as the executive editor of The New York Times.

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Georgia’s Bipartisan Push To Reform Sentences For Abuse Survivors

1 week ago | themarshallproject.org | Shannon Heffernan

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. Latoya Dickens says she’s been robbed of her life twice. The first time, it was taken by a man who she said violently abused and controlled her for over a decade, starting when she was a teenager. The second time, she says, the state of Georgia took it — when they put her in prison for killing him in self-defense.
Trump Targeting International Students Over Pro-Palestinian Protests: Is It Legal?

2 weeks ago | themarshallproject.org | Jamiles Lartey

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. In a significant escalation of its crackdown on campus activism, the Trump administration claims to have revoked more than 300 student visas, primarily targeting international students involved in pro-Palestinian protests.
Missouri Exoneration Highlights State’s Opposition to Innocence Claims

3 weeks ago | themarshallproject.org | Katie Moore |HG Biggs |Emily Curiel

The first thing Sandra “Sandy” Hemme did after walking out of prison in July 2024 — after spending 43 years behind bars — was visit her father. He was in the hospital battling kidney failure. Ten days later, he was gone. Hemme, now 65, had been held for a crime she said she didn’t commit — the 1980 murder of a woman in St. Joseph, about an hour north of Kansas City. In June 2024, a judge agreed. By then, she had lost decades with her parents, siblings and a young child.
These States Have Investigated Miscarriages and Stillbirths as Crimes

3 weeks ago | themarshallproject.org | Cary Aspinwall

In late March, police in southern Georgia arrested a 24-year-old woman who had a miscarriage after a witness reported seeing her place the fetal remains in a dumpster. The coroner in Tift County determined it was a 19-week fetus from a naturally occurring miscarriage, but some legal experts consider the arrest a bellwether for the criminal suspicion that surrounds pregnancy loss in many states in post-Roe America.
Trump Order on Unions: Why Prison Labor Leaders Warn of Danger to Officers

3 weeks ago | themarshallproject.org | Beth Schwartzapfel |Christie Thompson

Federal prison employees are bracing themselves for a legal fight, after President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to end collective bargaining for most federal employees. The announcement, aimed at unions across dozens of executive branch departments, explicitly included the Bureau of Prisons, creating more confusion at an already struggling agency.
How New York, Louisiana, Others Rewind Reform on Bail, Juvenile Justice, More

3 weeks ago | themarshallproject.org | Jamiles Lartey

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. Louisiana voters go to the polls today to consider substantially stiffening juvenile justice laws. The proposal, constitutional Amendment 3, would give state lawmakers , jails and prisons. Currently, 14-to-16-year-olds can only be charged as adults for the most serious crimes like rape and murder.
What Will Happen to the Hinds County Jail Once Under Court Control?

4 weeks ago | themarshallproject.org | Daja Henry

In the early morning hours of Oct. 18, 2021, Michael Richardson was beaten, stomped on and dragged to his death by at least two others inside Hinds County’s Raymond Detention Center. His body remained undiscovered by guards for at least eight hours. He was one of seven incarcerated people who died that year in the Hinds County jail, including two who died by suicide and one of an apparent drug overdose, according to court records.
News Inside Issue 19 Explores Women’s Journeys Through the Justice System

1 month ago | themarshallproject.org | Lawrence Bartley

News Inside returns with its annual highlight — the women’s issue. Our 2025 edition celebrates women in the correctional system who tend to have even less access to programming than incarcerated men do. We aim to help fill this gap by providing valuable information while showcasing their achievements. This issue features several powerful narratives. Our centerpiece, on page 4, is a compelling photo essay that documents Jules and Samantha Werkheiser's journey through wrongful imprisonment.
Prison Food Is a Growing Billion-Dollar Industry. Many Meals Are Inedible.

1 month ago | themarshallproject.org | Beth Schwartzapfel

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. Feeding incarcerated people has become big business as states and counties outsource their food service operations.
David Wood Wants DNA Tests That May Delay Execution - Or Prove His Innocence

1 month ago | themarshallproject.org | Maurice Chammah

Two months ago, Marcia Fulton received a knock on her door in El Paso, Texas, from lawyers for David Wood — a name she knows all too well. Wood is facing execution on March 13 for the 1987 murder of Fulton’s teenage daughter, Desiree Wheatley, along with five other girls and young women. “I promised Desi at her gravesite that I would find out who did this and make them pay,” Fulton told Wood’s lawyers that afternoon. Now she was making plans to attend the execution.