Cary Aspinwall
The Marshall Project
Dallas, TX, United States
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Life Without Parole Is Replacing the Death Penalty — But the Legal Defense System Hasn’t Kept Up
Just ask a Dallas woman who spent a year in jail without talking to a lawyer. → Read More
Life-without-parole sentences are exploding. But America’s legal defense system hasn’t kept pace.
But as life without parole displaces capital punishment, the country’s patchwork system of public defense hasn’t kept up. In Texas, there’s a continuing... → Read More
COVID-19 spikes follow after prisoners are transferred
As COVID-19 infections soar, prisoners and corrections officers worry that transferring people between facilities is causing outbreaks. → Read More
How the Supreme Court upended a century of federal Indian law — High Country News – Know the West
Half of Oklahoma is set to become tribal reservations, but what does that mean for crimes committed on those lands? → Read More
Dallas lawmaker seeks reforms to prevent the next deadly gas-leak explosion
A Texas lawmaker said Tuesday that he is drafting legislation to boost oversight of natural gas companies and to prevent leaky pipeline explosions... → Read More
Time Bomb: How we tracked residential natural gas accidents when the government didn’t
A Dallas Morning News investigation. → Read More
Time Bomb: How Atmos Energy’s natural gas keeps blowing up Texas homes
A Dallas Morning News investigation. → Read More
Dallas County's bail system is unfair to the financially challenged, federal court rules
In a major victory for civil rights groups, a federal judge has banned Dallas County from using a predetermined schedule to set bail without... → Read More
Will California’s move to abolish cash bail spur jail reforms in Texas?
Across the country, politicians, reform advocates and the bail industry are waiting to see what happens next. → Read More
Why is Texas keeping deaths a secret?
We're asking distinguished reporters to highlight an issue or story that is either being missed entirely or underreported by the media. → Read More
What it looks like to be a woman jailed in Texas – where more are locked up than any other state
Texas now incarcerates more women by sheer number than any other state in the country, according to a new report.A report by the Texas Criminal... → Read More
How the Boy Scouts, Texas and an oil giant shaped Rex Tillerson
Last fall, Jack Randall and his longtime friend Rex Tillerson were having drinks at a hotel bar on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin,... → Read More
Carve your own persistent path when reporting on a problem that has no policy to address it
As women go to jail at staggering rates, Dallas Morning News reporter Cary Aspinwall tapped into her outrage to tell the story of how their children get overlooked. → Read More
Overlooked: As women go to jail in record numbers, who's watching out for their kids? No one.
No one in the criminal justice system is responsible for the safety of children whose mothers go to jail, an investigation by The Dallas Morning News has found. The finding that holds true in most communities across the country. → Read More
In Tulsa, county system of ‘debtors’ prisons’ leaves children in the lurch
Oklahoma's Tulsa County has essentially recreated a system of debtors’ prisons, critics say. Less noted, however, is what happens to the children when parents are locked up in county jail, whether for a few days or several months. → Read More
At the OKC bombing memorial, the Survivor Tree endures, inspires
The Survivor Tree stands as a symbol of resilience for Oklahoma City and its people. It has inspired many millions who've visited the National Memorial since it was created. Related Story: The baby in the photo: 20 years later, Baylee Almon lives on through othersVisit our website as we reflect on 20 years later after the Oklahoma City bombing → Read More
Execution records pierce veil of secrecy surrounding process
Records released to the Tulsa World in response to an open records lawsuit reveal previously unknown details about Clayton Lockett's execution last year. → Read More
Locked up at 13, Jesil Wilson ready to start over after release
Wilson, sentenced to life in prison for a crime that occurred when he was 13, enjoyed time with his wife and friends on his first day of release on parole. → Read More
Playing for Chase: Questions raised about charity and its founder
Michael Morris says he's put his criminal past behind him and just wants to save kids' lives through a charity he founded after losing his son in 2013. Since leaving federal prison in 2011, however, his financial problems have mounted. → Read More
Oklahoma prisons beyond overflowing, corrections officials say
Oklahoma's prisons are beyond packed, with one prison outside Atoka reporting a population at 216 percent of its capacity. Will a new justice reform panel tackle the problem? → Read More