Nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization covering America's criminal justice system.
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Primary geographic focus: NATIONAL
Organization type(s): Media
Tags: Expungement / Record Sealing
The Marshall Project is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization founded on two simple ideas:
1) There is a pressing national need for high-quality journalism about the American criminal justice system. The U.S. incarcerates more people than any country in the world. Spiraling costs, inhumane prison conditions, controversial drug laws, and concerns about systemic racial bias have contributed to a growing bipartisan consensus that our criminal justice system is in desperate need of reform.
2) With the growing awareness of the system’s failings, now is an opportune moment to amplify the national conversation about criminal justice.
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ProfileThe Courts See a Crime. These Lawyers See a Whole Life.
Eli HagerMarshall Project
November 12, 2018
Pairing old-school defense with attention to real-life problems gets people out of jail.
News Story
Can’t Afford a Lawyer?
Christie ThompsonMarshall Project
July 18, 2018
Civil representation is too expensive for many, but Washington state has one solution.
Column
Citizen? Prove it.
Christie ThompsonMarshall Project
May 21, 2018
Manuel Herrera has been in immigration detention in Hudson County, New Jersey, for almost a year. In that time, his lawyer has been fighting to prove he is a U.S. citizen.
News Story
Should America Give Refuge to Abused Women?
Julia PrestonMarshall Project
April 17, 2018
Trump seems to say, not anymore.
News Story
43 States Suspend Licenses for Unpaid Court Debt, But That Could Change
Beth SchwartzapfelMarshall Project
November 21, 2017
Lawsuits say the practice severely penalizes those too poor to pay.
Feature
Fearful of Court, Asylum Seekers are Banished in Absentia
Julia PrestonMarshall Project
July 30, 2017
Under Trump, an Obama strategy unravels.
News Story
Trump Budget Draft Targets Cops, Crime Victims
Marshall ProjectJanuary 19, 2017
Also civil rights enforcement and legal aid for the poor.
Investigative , News Story
Can You Go to Jail for Not Paying Rent?
Eli HagerMarshall Project
April 16, 2015
This article dives into Arkansas' failure-to-vacate statute that criminalizes being late on rent and how civil legal aid lawyers are challenging it in court.
News Story
Forgiving vs. Forgetting
Eli HagerMarshall Project
March 17, 2015
Eli Hager details civil legal aid's involvement in overcoming barriers for people with a criminal record.
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