Maurice Chammah,

Maurice Chammah is a staff writer and the author of “Let the Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty”, which won the 2019 J. Anthony Lukas Work-In-Progress Book Award. His work has been published by The New Yorker, The Atlantic and The New York Times. A former Fulbright fellow, he helps organize The Insider Prize, a contest for incarcerated writers sponsored by the magazine American Short Fiction. He lives in Austin, Texas. Phone 212-803-5244 Email mchammah@themarshallproject.org Twitter @MauriceChammah

Biography:  https://www.themarshallproject.org/staff/maurice-chammah

57%

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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 article implies that paying lawyers a flat fee creates an incentive to work less and earn more per hour.

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

  • Brian Dorsey says Missouri paid his lawyers too little

Contradictions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Deceptions

30%

Examples:

  • The article does not seem to be deceptive but it may contain some biased or one-sided information.

Recent Articles

Death Sentence for Brian Dorsey, Who Turned Himself In After Murdering Cousin and Her Husband in 2006

Death Sentence for Brian Dorsey, Who Turned Himself In After Murdering Cousin and Her Husband in 2006

Broke On: Tuesday, 09 April 2024 A man who killed his cousin and her husband in a drug-fueled rage is set to die by lethal injection, despite having two lawyers paid $12,000 each to defend him. He surrendered after stealing from the victim's daughter.