[ad_1] 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? Sign up for future newsletters. Some of the most famous rappers in the country — Travis Scott, Killer Mike, T.I., Young Thug, Fat Joe — filed briefs at the U.S. […]
Sonny Burton Is Off Alabama Death Row. His Daughter Tells He…
[ad_1] By Carolyn Amanda Shavers Charles “Sonny” Burton Jr., 75, was scheduled to be executed in Alabama’s Holman Correctional Facility on March 12. But two days before he was to be forced to inhale fatal nitrogen gas, Gov. Kay Ivey — who has presided over 25 executions since she took office in 2017 — commuted […]
Role of Spiritual Advisers in Execution Chamber Varies by St…
[ad_1] During Lance Shockley’s final moments in Missouri’s execution chamber in October 2025, he wanted his daughter, an ordained minister, by his side as his spiritual adviser. A few years earlier, the U.S. Supreme Court had expanded religious rights for the condemned, saying spiritual advisers could accompany them into the execution chamber and could touch […]
Texas’ Robert Roberson: What to Know About His Halted Execut…
[ad_1] Texas’ highest criminal court has halted the execution of Robert Roberson, who had been scheduled to die via lethal injection next week, after being convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter Nikki Curtis. Roberson’s was the latest case from Texas to produce a small explosion of news coverage, one of many featuring celebrities and lawmakers […]
They were Abused at Florida’s Dozier School. Now They’re on …
[ad_1] By Leonora Lapeter Anton Collages and most photos by Alicia Vera For The Marshall Project Eight years before a jury sentenced him to death for two murders and he confessed to three more, Michael Bell spent time at a Florida reform school so violent that the state later apologized for the abuse and paid […]
David Wood Wants DNA Tests That May Delay Execution — Or Pro…
[ad_1] 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 […]
Why Life Sentences Keep Rising as Overall Prisoner Numbers D…
[ad_1] Filed 12:00 p.m. EST 02.01.2025 The number of people imprisoned for life continues to climb, even as the overall prison population declines. Detained people walk through a pathway inside the Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, Louisiana, in 2019. Gerald Herbert/Associated Press This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into […]
What Biden Can Still Do on Criminal Justice With 65 Days Lef…
[ad_1] Filed 12:00 p.m. EST 11.16.2024 Judicial appointments and the death penalty are among areas where a lame-duck administration can still leave a mark. U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 12, 2024. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images) This is The Marshall Project’s […]