[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? 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 […]
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 […]
How Efforts to Cut Long Prison Sentences Have Stalled
[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? Subscribe to future newsletters. When a 2016 California law made it possible for Lance Gonzalez to shorten his prison sentence by completing more rehabilitation programs and education, he hit the […]