Fact-checking Over 12,000 of Donald Trump’s Statements About ...
Oct 21, 2024 · For Donald Trump, immigrants bring crime. “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best,” he said during his 2015 campaign announcement. “They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us.
I Got A Life Sentence At 17. Then I Was Raped In Prison.
Nov 1, 2018 · O nce I got to prison, I was dealing with extreme guilt over my aunt’s death, and fear, because I was still a child and felt desperately alone. I continued to act out, like the teenager I was, by committing all the standard rule infractions, among them insolence to staff and possession of contraband.
Kamala Harris’ Complex Record as Prosecutor: What to Know | The ...
Jul 27, 2024 · What These Decisions Tell Us About Kamala Harris’ Approach to Criminal Justice From the death penalty to school truancy and diversion programs, here are some key steps Harris took as a district attorney and attorney general.
The Problem With Labeling Trump a ‘Felon’ - The Marshall Project
Jul 25, 2024 · Since Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felonies, gleeful headlines have sprouted across the media, with a new descriptor for the former president: “felon.”. The New York Times editorial board condemned him under the pithy banner: “Donald Trump, Felon.”. The Washington Post ran an analysis by senior political reporter Aaron Blake headlined: “Trump is a felon.
Federal Prisons Are Over Capacity - The Marshall Project
Jan 6, 2024 · is a staff writer for The Marshall Project covering prison conditions, experiences of the incarcerated, their families and corrections officers, the federal Bureau of Prisons and the death penalty.
New Data Shows How Dire the Prison Staffing Shortage Really Is
Jan 10, 2024 · Meanwhile, state prison populations are rising.The number of people behind bars steadily declined starting in 2013 and then drastically dropped during the pandemic, when states released people to ease dangerous COVID-19 conditions, and court systems slowed.But by 2022, the number of people held in state prisons started to bounce back to over 1 million people.
About Us - The Marshall Project
By Neil Barsky, 11.15.2014. The seeds of The Marshall Project were planted several years ago, after I read two books. The first, the now-famous “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander, argues that mass incarceration — which dates roughly from President Ronald Reagan's War on Drugs in the 1980s to the present — represents the third phase of …
What to Know About How a Florida School Shooter’s Life Was …
Sep 17, 2024 · Drinking during pregnancy can permanently damage the developing baby’s brain, harm that often goes undiagnosed. Cruz’s birth mother drank alcohol virtually every day of the first eight months of her pregnancy and signed hospital paperwork declaring herself an alcoholic.
How Federal Prisons Are Getting Worse - The Marshall Project
Mar 2, 2024 · Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters testifies as Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz listens during a U.S. Senate hearing about deaths in federal prisons, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
5 Things to Know About Kamala Harris’ Criminal Justice Record
Jul 21, 2024 · According to Jamilah King, writing for Mother Jones in 2018, “Harris has long tried to bridge the tricky divide between social progressivism and the work required as a prosecutor — sometimes more successfully than others.” One characteristic example: As San Francisco district attorney, Harris vowed not to seek the death penalty, but as …