He Watched a Murder From the Back Seat. Now He’s Serving a Life Sentence.
by Madison Hahamy for Texas MonthlyPublished
Local Reporting
Students and post-graduate fellows with the Investigative Reporting Lab at Yale have teamed up with local news outlets around the country to produce data reporting and long-form storytelling about the felony-murder rule. The first set of partnerships can be found here, with more local and regional stories to come.
Michigan Supreme Court again limits life without parole, this time in narrow ruling
by Etai Smotrich-Barr for Michigan PublicPublished
Power and Prejudice: How a little-known Tennessee law convicts Black children for murders they didn't commit
by Rebecca Cadenhead for MLK50Published
A specter of justice in Pennsylvania
by Zoya Haq for Pennsylvania Capital-StarPublished
A Friend’s Death to Mourn, and to Serve Time for
by Michaela Markels for Bolts and Alabama ReflectorPublished
A Chicago cop killed someone in a car accident. They blamed a 20-year-old instead.
by Caleb Dunson for The Appeal and Chicago ReaderPublished
He's served ⅓ of his life in prison for someone else killing his cousin; that's felony murder
by Madison Hahamy for South Bend TribunePublished
Pa. Supreme Court to weigh life sentences for felony murder
by Miranda Jeyaretnam and Peter Hall for Public SourcePublished
How Missouri’s Felony Murder Law Traps People for Defending Themselves.
by Thomas Birmingham for The AppealPublished
At 17, William Davis was convicted of a murder he did not commit. His conviction was not wrongful. But is the legal doctrine behind it just?
by Elena DeBre for Mississippi TodayPublished