I Got A Life Sentence At 17. Then I Was Raped In Prison.
WEBNov 1, 2018 · The next day, we were arrested and charged with capital murder, which carried two possible sentences: death, or life without the possibility of parole. We got life. I would be incarcerated forever. It was 1985, and I was just 17 years old. Once I got to prison, I was dealing with extreme guilt over my aunt’s death, and fear, because I was ...
U.S. Mass Shootings On Rise No Matter How You Define Them
WEBJul 6, 2022 · The group counted 2,403 mass shootings from 2017 to 2021, with 2,495 dead and 10,225 injured. The group’s data reveals a steep rise in recent years: 692 mass shootings in 2021, up 66% from 2019’s total of 417. The group tallied 318 mass shootings as of 3 p.m. on July 5. That puts 2022 on track to …
When Covering People and Incarceration - The Marshall Project
WEBApr 12, 2021 · By Akiba Solomon. The words we use to describe people being held in correctional facilities are among the most controversial in journalism. Reporters, editors and criminal justice professionals have long assumed that terms such as “inmate,” “felon” and “offender” are clear, succinct and neutral. But a vocal segment of people within ...
Kamala Harris’ Complex Record as Prosecutor: What to Know | The ...
WEBJul 27, 2024 · Innocence Cases. In 2008, Jamal Trulove was arrested in San Francisco and prosecuted by Harris’ office for the murder of his friend Seu Kuka. An appellate court later found that police officers had framed Trulove, and he was released after six years in prison. The city agreed to pay him a $13 million settlement.
What Can Death Row Prisoners Request Before They Die?
WEBSep 7, 2021 · The vast majority of American executions over the last half-century have been carried out through lethal injection, but several states have directed death row prisoners to pick how they will die. The exact laws vary, but in a handful of states, including Florida, Tennessee and Utah, prisoners have opted for electrocution or the firing squad.
New Data Shows Violent Crime Is Up… And Also Down. - The …
WEBNov 3, 2023 · According to the FBI’s crime statistics, the number of murders dropped by 6.1% from 2021 to 2022, but is still higher than where it was prior to the pandemic. For some observers, the jump in serious violent crime was always bound to stabilize, as the shock from the early pandemic wore off. “Violent crime rates had been trending down for at ...
Life Without Parole Is Replacing the Death Penalty — But the Legal ...
WEBMay 22, 2021 · Life-without-parole sentences are steadily replacing the death penalty across the United States. Almost 56,000 people nationwide are now serving sentences that will keep them locked up until they die, an increase of 66% since 2003, according to The Sentencing Project, a nonprofit that advocates for shorter prison terms. By comparison, only 2,500 people nationally are on death row according to ...
See if Police in Your State Reported Crime Data to the FBI
WEBIn 2022, 31% of the 18,000 law enforcement agencies across the U.S. failed to report crime data to the FBI's national database after transitioning to a new data collection system, according to the latest statistics from the FBI. Participation has improved since 2021 when almost 40% of the agencies were missing.
The Next to Die - The Marshall Project
WEBFeb 10, 2021 · With the Next to Die, The Marshall Project and our reporting partners tracked every execution in the United States from August 2015 to February 2021. By recording each story and noting every death, we wanted to show how the machinery of capital punishment quietly grinds forward while few are watching. Despite the trauma suffered in these cases ...
My Life in the Supermax - The Marshall Project
WEBJan 8, 2016 · Inmates at the ADX are held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day, and because of their crimes, many are never released. Perspectives from those who work and live in the criminal justice system. But Travis Dusenbury, a 46-year-old from Lexington, N.C. who was locked up at the ADX for ten years, made it out.