New Data Shows Violent Crime Is Up… And Also Down. - The …
Nov 3, 2023 · Federal reports show similar long-term trends in violent crime, but diverge significantly on year-over-year changes. Both reports show a return to pre-pandemic levels of violent crime since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out three years prior, and a similar pattern: The violent crime rate exhibited significant fluctuations during the pandemic, but by 2022, it had returned to pre-pandemic levels.
A Boy Among Men - The Marshall Project
Feb 25, 2015 · John didn’t take these letters seriously; he threw many of them away. He settled into GED classes and shifts serving breakfast and lunch. From the prison library he pulled volumes ranging from the poems of Langston Hughes (“They’re so simple, but they explain so much”) to thriller paperbacks by Dean Koontz and James Patterson.
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 …
I Got A Life Sentence At 17. Then I Was Raped In Prison.
Nov 1, 2018 · I grew up in Texarkana, Arkansas. I became a rebellious teenager. I met a boy. At that age, I did not know my own value, and was so caught up in the thrill of our young love that I made excuses for him when, shortly into our relationship, he started to call me names and was physically rough with me.
What 24 Hours in Prison Is Really Like | The Marshall Project
Jul 12, 2018 · At 1:30 a.m., I’m jarred awake in my cell by an officer wielding the brightest flashlight in the world. He gives me 10 minutes to throw on some clothes and escorts me to the isolation cells, where I strip down again for a thorough …
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.
What to Know About the Rise in U.S. Mass Shootings
Nov 1, 2023 · In 2022, The Marshall Project looked at trends in mass shootings in the U.S. Here is an update of that piece. L ast week, a gunman opened fire in Lewiston, Maine, ultimately killing at least 18 people at a bowling alley and a nearby bar. He was found dead after a two-day manhunt. Maine, which has one of the lowest homicides rates in the nation, remains in shock.
Eyewitness Testimony Is Unreliable… Or Is It ... - The Marshall Project
Oct 30, 2015 · Wells and Wixted agree on one point: that juries should be instructed to consider only a witness’s initial confidence level and to disregard any subsequent expressions of confidence or recollections of confidence—so long as the initial confidence level was actually recorded and the lineup was conducted under fair circumstances.
Why Juvenile Curfews Don’t Work | The Marshall Project
Jul 31, 2018 · I t’s a summer ritual in many American cities — declaring a juvenile curfew to keep troublemaking teenagers off the streets. This summer at least one city—Austin—has decided not to sound the alarm. The Austin Police Department’s assistant chief, Troy Gay, told The Marshall Project, “We looked at the evidence and decided it was time to …
Nine Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Parole
Jul 10, 2015 · 3. If you are a farmer, auto salesman, DuPont executive or personal fitness trainer, you too can be on a parole board. Most states don’t require experience with the criminal justice system to be on a parole board.