About the Marshall ProjectThe Marshall Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system. We achieve this through award-winning journalism, partnerships with other news outlets and public forums. In all of our work we strive to educate and enlarge the audience of people who care about the state of criminal justice.The Marshall ProjectTMP_601c29b4-f2d0-11ea-b14e-e1a21183ea00The Marshall Project is a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Our team draws together seasoned investigative journalists, veteran crime reporters, innovative digital producers, and experienced news editors... The Marshall Project is a 501(c)(3) organization.Thurgood MarshallThurgood Marshall is an American hero. His work as a lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, including the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision, laid the groundwork for the modern U.S. civil rights movement. As the first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, he was a persuasive advocate for a living and breathing Constitution that sees beyond the prejudices of revolutionary America.If Marshall were alive, I have no doubt that he would place criminal justice reform high among the urgent priorities of today’s civil rights movement, and that his would be a powerful voice for change. It is for these reasons that I chose to name The Marshall Project in his honor. — Neil Barsky, founder of The Marshall ProjectThurgood Marshall (1908-1993) was a towering figure in the civil rights movement and the first African American justice to serve on the United States Supreme Court. Before joining the court in 1967, he worked as a civil rights lawyer, famously criss-crossing the South on behalf of black clients who were facing Jim Crow justice from white police officials, prosecutors, judges and juries. In 1940, at age 32, he founded the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and served as an executive there for two decades. He and his colleagues won a series of Supreme Court victories that gradually eroded the "separate but equal" doctrine, the legal underpinning of segregation in America. The most famous of those cases was Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark 1954 decision that declared unconstitutional segregation in the nation's public schools.Nominated by President Lyndon Johnson, and confirmed by the Senate on a vote of 69-11, Marshall served on the Supreme Court for 24 years until his retirement at the end of the 1991 term. During his tenure, he was known for his strong support of First Amendment principles and was a reliable vote against the death penalty, even though he often said he was personally not opposed to capital punishment. He frequently sided with his fellow Warren Court jurists in seeking to protect and expand the constitutional rights of citizens charged with crimes, and he became a frequent dissenter during his later years as the Court moved rightward. The leader of that conservative shift, Chief Justice William Rehnquist, spoke at Marshall's funeral in 1993:“As a result of his career as a lawyer and as a judge, Thurgood Marshall left an indelible mark, not just upon the law, but upon his country. Inscribed above the front entrance to the Supreme Court building are the words ‘Equal justice under law.’ Surely no one individual did more to make these words a reality than Thurgood Marshall.”The Marshall Project TeamOur team draws together seasoned investigative journalists, veteran crime reporters, innovative digital producers, and experienced news editors.NEIL BARSKFounder & ChairmanSUSAN CHIRAEditor-in-ChiefCARROLL BOGERTPresidentGERALDINE SEALEYManaging EditorANDREW COHENSenior EditorDAVID EADSData EditorLESLIE EATONSenior EditorGABE ISMANDirector of TechnologyELAN KIDERMANDirector of ProductTOM MEAGHERSenior EditorAKIBA SOLOMONSenior EditorMANUEL TORRESRegional EditorCARY ASPINWALLStaff WriterKERI BLAKINGERStaff WriterANDREW R. CALDERÓNData ReporterMAURICE CHAMMAHStaff WriterCELINA FANGSenior Multimedia EditorANNA FLAGGSenior Data ReporterELI HAGERStaff WriterEMILY KASSIEDirector of Visual ProjectsJAMILES LARTEYStaff WriterNICOLE LEWISStaff WriterWEIHUA LIData Reporting FellowJOSEPH NEFFStaff WriterKATIE PARKDeveloperALYSIA SANTOStaff WriterBETH SCHWARTZAPFELStaff WriterCHRISTIE THOMPSONStaff WriterABBIE VANSICKLEStaff WriterSIMONE WEICHSELBAUMStaff WriterRUTH BALDWINDirector of Communications & StrategyCRYSTAL HAYESChief Administrative Officer/ Director of Human ResourcesELI STERNChief Financial OfficerAMANDA WILSONDirector of DevelopmentLAWRENCE BARTLEYDirector, News InsideTRIP EGGERTCommunications and Development AssociateJENNIFER MONTALBANODevelopment Manager for Institutional GivingAJ PFLANZERMembership ManagerROBIN WALKEROffice ManagerDONALD WASHINGTON, JRExecutive AssistantThe Marshall Project Contributing WritersJOHN J. LENNONSing Sing Correctional Facility, Ossining, N.Y.ARTHUR LONGWORTHMonroe Correctional Complex, Monroe, Wash.JERRY METCALFThumb Correctional Facility, Lapeer, Mich.JULIA PRESTONTOM ROBBINSANAT RUBINRAHSAAN THOMASSan Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, Calif.GEORGE T. WILKERSONCentral Prison, Raleigh, N.C.The Marshall Project Board of DirectorsNEIL BARSKYChairmanFRED CUMMINGSPresident, Elizabeth Park Capital ManagementNICHOLAS GOLDBERGColumnist, Los Angeles TimesBRITTANY GORECommunications, Georgetown University's Red House & Baker Trust for Transformational LearningC. C. MELVIN IKEPrincipal, The Blackstone GroupBILL KELLERFounding Editor-in-Chief, The Marshall ProjectJAMES LEITNERPresident of Falcon ManagementWILLIAM L. MCCOMBFormer CEO, Fifth & Pacific Companies, Inc.JONATHAN MOSESPartner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & KatzABBY PUCKERHead of Business Development, Madison Wells MediaBEN REITERSenior Writer, Sports IllustratedTOPEKA K. SAMFounder & Executive Director of The Ladies of Hope MinistriesLIZ SIMONSBoard Chair, Heising-Simons FoundationWILLIAM J. SNIPESPartner, Sullivan & CromwellANIL SONIVice President, MylanThe Marshall Project Advisory BoardSOFFIYAH ELIJAHExecutive Director, Alliance of Families for JusticeNICOLE GORDONFaculty Director of the CUNY/Baruch Executive MPA Program & Adjunct Professor of Public AffairsANDREW JARECKIFilmmakerMARC LEVINDirector, Center for Effective Justice, Texas Public Policy FoundationDAVID SIMONWriter & Television ProducerCARTER STEWARTManaging Director, Draper Richards Kaplan FoundationThe Marshall Project SupportersThe Marshall Project is a 501(c)(3) organization. We are grateful to the following foundations and individuals for their support.Abrams FoundationAchieving America Family FoundationAdele BernhardPeter NeufeldAlice ReiterBen ReiterAmy RaoThe Andrew and Marina Lewin Family FoundationAnil SoniAnne AvisGreg AvisAnne Patterson FinnChristopher FinnThe Annie E. Casey FoundationAntoinette DelruelleJoshua L. SteinerArnold VenturesArthur KoenigBaskin Family FoundationJudy WiseBrown Foundationin memory of Beatrice Kaplan BrownThe California EndowmentChan Zuckerberg InitiativeCharles EdmondsonEleanor EdmondsonCharles and Hilary Parkhurst Charitable Gift Fundin Memory of Seth HamotCharles H. Revson FoundationClint MurrayColucci Family FoundationConant Family FoundationDalton Family FoundationDavid KellerDhanam FoundationDonald A. Pels Charitable TrustElise K. Haas FundEmerson CollectiveEmily KaiserGene BulmashFalconwood FoundationThe Fledgling FundThe Ford FoundationFoundation for Agnosticism and MeritocracyFrances Lear FoundationFred CummingsMisun CummingsFredman Family Foundation, Inc.The Fund for Nonprofit News at The Miami FoundationThe Glades FoundationGruber Family FoundationGreat journalism about the U.S. criminal justice system_601c2afe-f2d0-11ea-b14e-e1a21183ea00To create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system._601c2b9e-f2d0-11ea-b14e-e1a21183ea00NonpartisanshipJusticeDiversityThe Marshall Project is committed to building and maintaining a diverse workforce, and not only because our name is a tribute to a hero of equal justice. We best serve our audience by bringing a variety of experiences and vantage points to bear on the issues we cover. We regard diversity as integral to our overall responsibility, which is to produce the best possible journalism about the U.S. criminal justice system, with its disproportionate impacts on communities of color.JournalismProduce the best possible journalism about the U.S. criminal justice system, with its disproportionate impacts on communities of color.eeda448b-2eec-42fe-9dca-4242bb39fb68U.S. Criminal Justice SystemCommunities of ColorJournalistsf2308a00-e562-4ee5-9292-911c358d09eehttps://www.themarshallproject.org/about?via=navright_601c2c84-f2d0-11ea-b14e-e1a21183ea002020-09-09OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net_601c2d24-f2d0-11ea-b14e-e1a21183ea00OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net