"I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for."

November 18, 2014 9:20 AM

The Marshall Project launched Sunday to provide "high-quality journalism about the American criminal justice system" and "amplify the national conversation about criminal justice." Helmed by Bill Keller, their first investigative piece was published in August and their second in October, but today they have several new feature pieces: Obama's Prison Crisis, Waiting for Ferguson, Right and Left Unite on Drug Sentencing. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?, The Men Who Should Have Been Free, Eric Holder on His Legacy, His Regrets, and His Feelings About the Death Penalty, and Dying in Attica. (Previously)

Perhaps related: The Only Man Who Can Fix Mass Incarceration Is Barack Obama

posted by anotherpanacea (5 comments total)

Thanks for turning me on to this site. I also just read Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow. It was a gut punch. I knew all this stuff more or less, but having it laid out in such detail is sobering. The War on Drugs was no accident.
posted by Fnarf at 9:55 AM on November 18, 2014

Thanks for this. Our criminal justice system, and still more our prison system, is a disgrace, and I sure hope these people can make a difference.
posted by languagehat at 10:26 AM on November 18, 2014 [1 favorite]

I signed up for the daily emails a few days ago, and so far, I really recommend them to folks interested in closely following these issues.
posted by likeatoaster at 10:32 AM on November 18, 2014

Given the stewardship of Bill Keller, I'll be more interested in reading the stories he quashes at the request of various powerful factions.
posted by grounded at 12:41 PM on November 18, 2014 [2 favorites]

Our criminal justice system, and still more our prison system, is a disgrace, and I sure hope these people can make a difference.

Indeed. Anymore the phrase "criminal justice system" reminds me of Breaking Bad, in particular Jesse defending Saul to Walt: "You don’t want a criminal lawyer. You want a criminal lawyer."
posted by johnofjack at 7:12 AM on November 19, 2014