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The Marshall Project

  1. criminal justice
    A Turbulent Mind, and a Crime That Shocked New YorkMeasures to keep the violently mentally ill from hurting others are about to be put to the test by the man they were designed to stop.
  2. the city
    Think Manhattan’s DA Goes Easy on the Rich? Look at How He Prosecutes the Poor.Cyrus Vance Jr., who styles himself a progressive reformer, is actually far more punitive toward poor and minority defendants than his counterparts.
  3. interview
    The Marshall Project’s Bill Keller on What’s Wrong (and Right) With the Media“The most troublesome tension is the one between the need to file immediately, because a thousand other people are filing immediately, and the time it takes to do real reporting.”
  4. investigations
    Inside Rikers Island, Through the Eyes of the People Who Live and Work ThereWhat everyday life is really like inside the troubled jail, in the words of inmates, correction officers, and the man tasked with fixing it.
  5. investigations
    Inside Rikers Island, Through the Eyes of the People Who Live and Work ThereJail has a smell. Worse than a sewer. People on the outside could never understand.
  6. media
    Bill Keller Interview: After the New York TimesThe Paper of Record’s former executive editor discusses his new start-up and the big ship he left behind.