Jamiles Lartey

Jamiles Lartey is a New Orleans-based staff writer for The Marshall Project. Previously, he worked as a reporter for the Guardian covering issues of criminal justice, race and policing. Jamiles was a member of the team behind the award-winning online database “The Counted,” tracking police violence in 2015 and 2016. In 2016, he was named “Michael J. Feeney Emerging Journalist of the Year” by the National Association of Black Journalists. In his off time, Jamiles is an avid drummer, playing and recording with artists in the New Orleans area.

Biography:  https://www.themarshallproject.org/staff/jamiles-lartey

72%

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The Daily's Verdict

This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.

Bias

85%

Examples:

  • The author presents a biased view of the death penalty as an experimental and humane method, despite the evidence of suffering and pain inflicted on the inmate.

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

  • The article may have a conflict of interest as it is published by an organization that advocates for criminal justice reform and opposes the death penalty. The author may be influenced by his own biases or agenda.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • The article contains multiple contradictions regarding the effectiveness and safety of nitrogen hypoxia as a execution method. The author does not provide any scientific evidence or data to support his claims.

Deceptions

80%

Examples:

  • The article uses deceptive practices such as omitting important details, exaggerating facts, and presenting a one-sided perspective on the issue of nitrogen hypoxia as an execution method.

Recent Articles

Nitrogen Gas Used in First US Execution of 2024

Nitrogen Gas Used in First US Execution of 2024

Broke On: Wednesday, 31 January 2024 On January 25, 2024, Kenneth Eugene Smith was executed at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama using nitrogen gas as a method of lethal injection. The use of this method has been controversial due to concerns about its safety and effectiveness. Legal experts closely monitored the execution and the U.S Supreme Court rejected Smith's request to block it in a 6-3 decision with three liberal justices dissenting, marking the first time nitrogen gas had been used as an alternative method of lethal injection in the United States.