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How the U.S. Turned Away From the Death Penalty and Toward ‘Death by Incarceration’
People convicted of homicides represented about 56% of the population serving life without parole as of 2024, data shows. But ...
Washington Times1mon
Prison and sentencing reform: Saving money in an overlooked place
According to The Sentencing Project, 72.1% of federal prisoners are serving time for a nonviolent offense and have no history of violence. More than half are for drug offenses. The U.S. has more ...
Human Rights Watch8y
The Impact of Felony Disenfranchisement Laws in the United States
This report was written by Jamie Fellner, associate counsel of Human Rights Watch and Marc Mauer, assistant director of The Sentencing Project. Paul Hirschfield, a research associate of The ...
The New York Times28d
What We Know About Trump’s Sentencing
Donald J. Trump’s sentencing will allow him to begin mounting a formal appeal, which could take months or years. By Kate Christobek and Ben Protess In May, Donald J. Trump became the first ...
The Marshall Project10d
Sentencing Disparities
What are records? Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most recent and the most ...
The New York Times29d
Supreme Court Denies Trump’s Last-Ditch Effort to Avoid Sentencing
After the court declined in a 5-to-4 decision to block Donald J. Trump’s criminal sentencing, he is scheduled to face a New York judge on Friday morning. By Ben Protess Kate Christobek and Adam ...