As we celebrate the 230th anniversary of the adoption of the United States Constitution, I would like to share my thoughts about one particular right that has defined my career. The 6th Amendment ...

US District Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York issued a decision in United States v. Tavberidze, holding ...

What are records? Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most recent and the most ...

Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote separately, respecting the denial of certiorari but urging the court to ...

public trial.... The right to a public trial in the Sixth Amendment is deeply rooted in Anglo-American history, tradition, and values. It reflects, among other things, the Founders’ hostility ...

The Sixth Amendment guarantees the rights of criminal defendants, including the right to a lawyer. If a person wants an attorney but can't afford one, a court must appoint counsel for them.

They filed a federal lawsuit challenging the denials but U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney ruled against them, finding that no First Amendment rights were violated when the courts denied access to the ...

This repeated failure is deeply troubling and undermines the fundamental rights of inmates, including their 5th and 6th Amendment rights to counsel, as well as 8th Amendment issues relating to ...