Dozens of people — perhaps many more — have been held in Mississippi’s Hinds County jail for months without criminal charges ...

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley has named a special prosecutor to review the death of a woman physically restrained by law enforcement at MetroHealth Medical Center in May. The move comes ...

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The best criminal justice reporting tagged with "Lindsay Clancy," curated by The Marshall Project.

Cash bail is a refundable, court-determined fee that a defendant pays—regardless of guilt or innocence—to await trial at home instead of in jail. While “innocent until proven guilty” is ingrained in ...

The first thing Sandra “Sandy” Hemme did after walking out of prison in July 2024 — after spending 43 years behind bars — was visit her father. He was in the hospital battling kidney failure. Ten days ...

The best criminal justice reporting tagged with "Eric Tostrud," curated by The Marshall Project.

When I found out I was pregnant, I wanted my sister Keeley to be one of the first to know. I knew her excitement would be over the top and uncontainable. So, right after I got the positive test result ...

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. By late July, the ...

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 ...

The request from child welfare authorities seemed harmless enough: Order a newborn drug test. Dr. Sharon Ostfeld-Johns and her hospital colleagues had done it countless times before. This time, ...

A federal judge ruled that ICE’s detention of Ruben Torres Maldonado was illegal. In an order signed Oct. 24, the judge ordered a bond hearing for Torres Maldonado. According to immigration lawyers, ...