Journalists: How to Get Records the Criminal Justice System Doesn’t Want You to Have
The Marshall Project
JULY 18, 2025
Researching previous lawsuits and looking at exhibits to identify record-keeping systems. Constructive denial can be a useful tool. These are the people who have dealt with the issue at hand, or they’ve worked with impacted clients and would know the specific names of records or databases.
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