How Faulty Drug Tests Can Make You Lose Custody of Your Baby
September 11, 2024
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How Faulty Drug Tests Can Make You Lose Custody of Your Baby

Susan Horton had been a stay-at-home mom for almost 20 years, and now — pregnant with her fifth child — she felt a hard-won confidence in herself as…

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Jackson, MS, Wants Curfew Centers to Cut Crime. Here’s What Others Did.
July 12, 2024
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Jackson, MS, Wants Curfew Centers to Cut Crime. Here’s What Others Did.

After a 17-year-old was charged with the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Eugene Kelly in Jackson, Mississippi’s first murder of 2024, one council member made a familiar demand: Impose…

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How Bad Police Officers Become Private Security Guards
May 13, 2024
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How Bad Police Officers Become Private Security Guards

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.…

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How Ohio Laws Criminalize HIV Exposure
March 14, 2024
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How Ohio Laws Criminalize HIV Exposure

By Ken Schneck, The Buckeye Flame, and Rachel Dissell, The Marshall Project Caymir Weaver kept his gaze forward and his jaw set as a county judge chastised him…

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Who Gets Prosecuted in Ohio Under Laws That Criminalize HIV Status
March 14, 2024
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Who Gets Prosecuted in Ohio Under Laws That Criminalize HIV Status

By Rachel Dissell, The Marshall Project, and Ken Schneck, The Buckeye Flame There are no national reporting requirements that track arrests or prosecutions under state laws that criminalize…

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Why Leaders in Bratenahl, Ohio, Promise More Anti-Bias Police Training
March 1, 2024
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Why Leaders in Bratenahl, Ohio, Promise More Anti-Bias Police Training

A new analysis shows Bratenahl’s pattern of disproportionately ticketing Black drivers continued in the aftermath of a 2022 Marshall Project – Cleveland and WEWS News 5 investigation. The…

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I Never Thought I Could Fall In Love With a Woman. Then Came Prison.
February 26, 2024
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I Never Thought I Could Fall In Love With a Woman. Then Came Prison.

By Samantha Vantassell Perspectives from those who work and live in the criminal justice system. Sign up to receive “Life Inside” emailed to you every week. The Marshall…

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Texas Busing Migrants to New York, Other Cities, Hasn’t Spiked Crime
February 26, 2024
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Texas Busing Migrants to New York, Other Cities, Hasn’t Spiked Crime

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This Mississippi Court Appoints Lawyers for Just 1 in 5 Defendants Before Indictment
February 26, 2024
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This Mississippi Court Appoints Lawyers for Just 1 in 5 Defendants Before Indictment

The right to an attorney is fundamental to the U.S. justice system. Yet, in a small Mississippi court off the interstate between Jackson and Memphis, that right is…

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Chicago’s Kim Foxx: Northwestern Parody Case’s Charges Were An ‘Insult’ to Courts
February 26, 2024
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Chicago’s Kim Foxx: Northwestern Parody Case’s Charges Were An ‘Insult’ to Courts

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