Maryland Public Defender advocates for childhood protection and criminal justice reform, highlighting the need for prevention and care over punishment.

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Not that long ago, in the summer of 2020, the moment seemed ripe for meaningful criminal-justice reform in America. Millions of people joined demonstrations ...

The Fair Trial Act and the principle of innocence clearly states the legal system. For people with criminal charges, the process may appear complex and intimidating. This is the very same place where ...

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. On Tuesday, Ohio ...

Most decisions about the legal system are made locally. So, over the last several years, The Marshall Project has invested in local news. Our reporters have dug into systemic issues within the justice ...

District Attorney Larry Krasner has never been one to temper his words. When he first campaigned to be the city’s top ...

They’ve struggled with addiction. They’ve struggled with abuse and trauma. They’ve struggled with mental health issues. And those struggles have led to time behind bars. This month the nonprofit ...

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 ...

Jefferson Maldenado, a 31-year-old migrant from Ecuador, has been arrested in New York City five times since arriving in the US earlier this year. His latest bust was for stealing a pair of pants and ...

A former senior Justice Department attorney is warning that the Trump administration’s sweeping purge of career officials is ...