The Marshall Project LLC

The Marshall Project - A News Site Exposing Corruption and Abuse of Power in Criminal Justice System. The site reports on issues such as wrongful convictions, racial bias, prison conditions, executions and more.

72%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

The Daily's Verdict

This news site 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 its reporting.

Bias

85%

Examples:

  • No Showers, No Calls, Nothing but Cornflakes: What Prison Lockdown Is Like
  • The article implies that paying lawyers a flat fee creates an incentive to work less and earn more per hour.
  • The state of Alabama had said that when strapped to a gurney and fitted with a mask pumped full of pure nitrogen, Kenneth Smith would be unconscious within seconds during his execution. Proponents of the experimental method said it would be humane,

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

  • No Showers, No Calls, Nothing but Cornflakes: What Prison Lockdown Is Like
  • The media witnesses described two to four minutes of writhing and thrashing, and a longer period of heavy breathing during Kenneth Smith's execution.

Contradictions

185%

Examples:

  • During the execution, Smith convulsed on a gurney and took deep gasping breaths for at least two minutes before being pronounced dead.
  • Facing Execution, Brian Dorsey Says Missouri Paid His Lawyers Too Little

Deceptions

80%

Examples:

  • Facing Execution, Brian Dorsey Says Missouri Paid His Lawyers Too Little

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.
  • 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.