Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders came close but failed to close deals on two of the highest-profile issues of the 2015 session: raising the age of criminality to 18 from 16 and creating a ...

NYPD Officer Randolph Holder was fatally shot in October by Tyrone Howard, a man with a history of run-ins with the law. After his fifth conviction on a drug-related crime, Howard was sent by a judge ...

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. President Donald ...

A California federal judge has dismissed a criminal case after finding that the defendant's constitutional right to counsel was violated by a funding shortfall that left private attorneys who serve as ...

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. Leavenworth, ...

The criminal justice system – the focus of nationwide protests in the past few months – would be especially altered in California by three of the statewide propositions on the November 3 ballot.

The Catalyst for Change Community Forum was held in Houston with panelists who share their stories in hopes of shedding light ...

The Ford and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur foundations are among the founding donors supporting the Marshall Project, a nonprofit journalism website focusing on criminal justice that makes its ...

Five of the eight candidates for New York City Council speaker shared their plans Tuesday night for how to reform the city’s criminal justice system, including the notorious Rikers Island jail complex ...