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Devah Pager at her office at Harvard University in 2014.
Commentary November 13, 2018
The Inspiring Life and Career of Devah Pager
An appreciation of the Harvard sociologist who meticulously documented racial discrimination in the criminal justice system.
Bruce Western
Justices on the United States Supreme Court in 1976.
Commentary March 30, 2016
It’s Been 40 Years Since the Supreme Court Tried to Fix the Death Penalty — Here’s How It Failed
A close look at the grand compromise of 1976.
By Evan J. Mandery
Justice Lab March 23, 2016
The Tricky Business of Measuring Crime and Punishment
Pew researchers release a new prison scorecard, but it ain’t perfect.
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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 14: Members of DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s entourage walk past an inmate’s cell as she tours DC Central Jail after announcing policy changes to support employment for inmates during and after incarceration in Washington Monday September 14, 2015. (Photo by J. Lawler Duggan/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Analysis March 9, 2016
Seven Things to Know About Repeat Offenders
A new report looks at recidivism among inmates released from federal prisons.
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A member of the 18th Street Gang being arrested in Los Angeles in September 1994.
Q&A March 3, 2016
“Ghettoside” Author Jill Leovy on What We Have Learned Since Rodney King
Not nearly enough, she says
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Justice Talk February 21, 2016
Join Us For Justice Talk: A New Conversation Series With The Marshall Project and Digg
Our first discussion will be Wednesday, Feb. 24, on how the police predict crime.
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FILE - In this Aug. 29, 1995, file photo, O.J. Simpson, second from left, is surrounded by his attorneys, clockwise from left, Ken Spaulding, back towards camera, Gerald Uelmen, Robert Shapiro and Johnnie Cochran Jr., as they discuss their plans for arguing the admissibility of the tapes of retired Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman in Los Angeles. A lawyer for O.J. Simpson in Las Vegas says the imprisoned former football star isn...t happy with portrayals he...s seen in ads and interviews about a cable TV series focusing on his 1995 murder acquittal in Los Angeles. Simpson won...t be able to see the show, “The People v. O.J. Simpson,” as Nevada prisons don...t carry the FX network, which debuts the 10-part show on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Daily News via AP, Pool, File)
Commentary February 11, 2016
“Look at O.J. ... If He Had a Public Defender, He’d be in Jail.”
Why African-Americans don’t trust the courts, and why it matters.
By Sara Sternberg Greene
Commentary December 15, 2015
Who is Putting the Most People in Jail? Not New York, Chicago, or LA.
A new tool drills down on hidden incarceration rates.
By Jeremy Travis
Justice Lab October 30, 2015
Eyewitness Testimony Is Unreliable… Or Is It?
A new study of the data says it depends on timing.
By Benjamin Ryan
A New York Police Department Sergeant demonstrates how to operate a body camera during a press conference in December.
Commentary August 13, 2015
Should Cops Get to Review the Video Before They Report?
Sorry, Mr. Bratton. Science says no.
By Kathy Pezdek
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